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The 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act bans the adulteration of food by any agent intended to dupe the consumer into thinking the product is superior in quality or more nutritious than it actually is.
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The Court of Appeals case involved the criminal conviction of a pharma sales rep, Alfred Caronia, for conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Drug and Cosmetic Act.
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Changes should "make explicit what is now implicit -- that foreign companies and individuals who manufacture or distribute drugs and drug components for use in the United States" are subject to the law, known as the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Maher said.
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Edward Valencia, 51, Federico Valencia, 58, and Rose Marie Cuellar, 20, were arrested on misdemeanor charges of misbranding a drug in violation of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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