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[CITE: 21USC134e]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
         CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION
 
Sec. 134e. Enforcement provisions


(a) Criminal and civil penalties

    (1) Whoever knowingly violates any regulation promulgated pursuant 
to the provisions of sections 134 through 134d of this title shall be 
punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding 
one year, or both.
    (2) Whoever violates any such regulation may be assessed a civil 
penalty by the Secretary not exceeding $1,000. The Secretary may issue 
an order assessing such civil penalty only after notice and an 
opportunity for an agency hearing on the record. Such order shall be 
treated as a final order reviewable under chapter 158 of title 28. The 
validity of such order may not be reviewed in an action to collect such 
civil penalty.

(b) Injunctive proceedings

    The Secretary may bring an action to enjoin the violation of, or to 
compel compliance with, any regulation promulgated or order issued under 
said sections, or to enjoin any interference by any person with an 
employee of the Department of Agriculture in carrying out any duties 
under said sections, whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that 
such person has violated, or is about to violate, any such regulation or 
order, or has interfered, or is about to interfere, with any such 
employee. Such action shall be brought in the United States district 
court, or the United States court of any Territory or possession, for 
the judicial district in which such person resides or transacts business 
or in which the violation, omission, or interference has occurred or is 
about to occur. Process in such cases may be served in any judicial 
district wherein the defendant resides or transacts business or wherever 
the defendant may be found, and subpenas for witnesses who are required 
to attend the court in any judicial district in any such cases may run 
into any other judicial district.

(Pub. L. 87-518, Sec. 6, July 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 131; Pub. L. 97-461, 
Sec. 8, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2525.)


                               Amendments

    1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-461 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1), substituted ``$5,000'' for ``$1,000'', and added par. (2).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 134, 134f, 134g, 134h, 136a 
of this title; title 16 section 1540.
