21 U.S.C. § 467c

Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations; United States as plaintiff; subpenas

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The United States district courts, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the highest court of American Samoa, and the United States courts of the other territories, are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of, this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this chapter, except as provided in section 457(d) or 467 of this title. All proceedings for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States. Subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States, in any district, may run into any other district in any such proceeding.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2006–2026 · leading case: United States v. Kil Soo Lee
United States v. Kil Soo Lee (2006) ca9 “§ 1825 (d)(6) (protection of horses); 21 U.S.C. § 467c (poultry inspection); 21 U.”
Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (2008) mdd “Thus, Plaintiffs may not use the Lanham Act as a disguised attempt to enforce the PPIA. In this case, the USDA indisputably had authority and jurisdiction under the PPIA when it approved Defendant’s application to use the term “Raised Without Antibiotics that impact antibiotic…”
Upside Foods Inc v. Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture an (2026) ca11 · cites it 3× “” 21 U.S.C. § 467c. B. We draw the following facts from Upside’s evidentiary sub- mission in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction.”
La Vigne v. Costco Wholesale Corporation (2019) ca2 “See 21 U.S.C. § 467c (“All proceedings for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States.”
Leining v. Foster Poultry Farms (2021) calctapp “(21 U.S.C. § 467c.) All proceedings “for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States.”
Leining v. Foster Poultry Farms, Inc. (2021) calctapp “(21 U.S.C. § 467c.) All proceedings “for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States.”
House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Ozark Mountain Poultry, Inc. and Fieldale Farms Corporation v. Somma Food Group, LLC. (2024) texapp “See 21 U.S.C. § 467c (“All proceedings for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States.”
United States v. Lee (2006) ca9 “§ 1825 (d)(6) (protection of horses); 21 U.S.C. § 467c (poultry inspection); 21 U.”
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