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1953

Food Drug and Cosmetic Act

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Constitutional Law-Due Process-Vague And Indefinite Statute, S. I. Shuman Apr 1953

Constitutional Law-Due Process-Vague And Indefinite Statute, S. I. Shuman

Michigan Law Review

The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by section 301(f) prohibits a factory operator from refusing to permit entry and inspection as provided by section 704. Violation of section 301(f) is made a misdemeanor by section 303(a). Section 704 authorizes persons "duly designated by the Administrator, after first making request and obtaining permission of the . . . operator" of the factory, "to enter" and "to inspect" at "reasonable times." Defendant was convicted by the district court for violating section 301(f), having refused permission to authorized persons to enter and inspect at a reasonable time. The court of appeals reversed, on …