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Code · U.S. Code · Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS · CHAPTER 9— FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT · SUBCHAPTER VII— GENERAL AUTHORITY · § 379a

§ 379a. Presumption of existence of jurisdiction

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In any action to enforce the requirements of this chapter respecting a device, tobacco product, food, drug, or cosmetic the connection with interstate commerce required for jurisdiction in such action shall be presumed to exist.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709, as added Pub. L. 94–295, § 8, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583; amended Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2379; Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 103(k), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1837.)
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  • June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709
  • Pub. L. 94–295, § 8
  • 90 Stat. 583
  • Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419
  • 111 Stat. 2379
  • Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 103(k)
  • 123 Stat. 1837
  • Pub. L. 111–31
  • Pub. L. 105–115
  • section 501 of Pub. L. 105–115
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ActJune 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709
Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–295, § 8
Stat.90 Stat. 583
Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419
Stat.111 Stat. 2379
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