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[CITE: 21USC825]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
 Part C--Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of 
                          Controlled Substances
 
Sec. 825. Labeling and packaging


(a) Symbol

    It shall be unlawful to distribute a controlled substance in a 
commercial container unless such container, when and as required by 
regulations of the Attorney General, bears a label (as defined in 
section 321(k) of this title) containing an identifying symbol for such 
substance in accordance with such regulations. A different symbol shall 
be required for each schedule of controlled substances.

(b) Unlawful distribution without identifying symbol

    It shall be unlawful for the manufacturer of any controlled 
substance to distribute such substance unless the labeling (as defined 
in section 321(m) of this title) of such substance contains, when and as 
required by regulations of the Attorney General, the identifying symbol 
required under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Warning on label

    The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under section 353(b) of 
this title which shall provide that the label of a drug listed in 
schedule II, III, or IV shall, when dispensed to or for a patient, 
contain a clear, concise warning that it is a crime to transfer the drug 
to any person other than the patient.

(d) Containers to be securely sealed

    It shall be unlawful to distribute controlled substances in schedule 
I or II, and narcotic drugs in schedule III or IV, unless the bottle or 
other container, stopper, covering, or wrapper thereof is securely 
sealed as required by regulations of the Attorney General.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 305, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1256.)

                       References in Text

    Schedules I, II, III, and IV, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), 
are set out in section 812(c) of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins 
after Oct. 26, 1970, but with Attorney General authorized to postpone 
such effective date for such period as he might determine to be 
necessary for the efficient administration of this subchapter, see 
section 704(c) of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as a note under section 801 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 842, 958 of this title.
