---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 158"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "158"
heading: "Offenses; punishment"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/158"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Viruses, Serums, Toxins, Antitoxins, and Analogous Products"
---

# §158. Offenses; punishment


Any [person](/usc/21/379j–21.md?p=k-10), firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.


## Source credit

(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 833.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For explanation of “this chapter”, referred to in text, see References in Text note set out under section 156 of this title.

### Codification

See note set out under section 151 of this title.