[volak]

Some juicy federal crimes we're all expected to know from @CrimeADay on Twitter

26 USC §5674(b) & 27 CFR §25.144(a) make it a federal crime for a brewer to remove beer from a brewery in a keg that has the name of more than one brewer on it.

21 USC §§331, 333 & 21 CFR §169.115(a) make it a federal crime to sell French dressing if less than 35% of its weight is vegetable oil.

43 USC §1733 & 43 CFR §6302.20(e) make it a federal crime to pick someone up from a federal wilderness area using a hot air balloon.

7 USC §8303, §8313 & 9 CFR §93.318(b) make it a federal crime to bring an American horse back into the United States after being in a Canadian rodeo without a health certificate.

42 USC §6928 & 40 CFR §257.3–8(b) make it a federal crime to start a dangerous garbage fire.

21 USC §331, 333, 343 & 21 CFR §155.201(a)(2)(v) make it a federal crime to sell canned "random sliced" mushrooms unless they were sliced in a random manner.

[tony101]

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[tzs]

> Some juicy federal crimes we're all expected to know

No, we are not all expected to know them.

The first one is from a part of the tax code that covers taxation on alcohol sales. If you are not involved in the commercial beer brewing industry, you do not need to know it.

The second one is part of the rules on interstate commerce in food, drugs, and cosmetics. Again, most of us have no need to know it. Same with the sixth one.

The third is from the laws governing public lands. If you aren't going to fly your hot air balloon into a Federal wilderness area, there is no need to know it.

...and so on.

[thfuran]

Yes, you don't need to know them until you need to know them. But then you do.

[threatofrain]

If you become a weapons manufacturer I’m sure there’s also a lot to know, much of which will appear as completely niche law to everyone else.

[xirbeosbwo1234]

There are some stupid laws on the books, but you have picked awful examples. Only one of those laws is something a non-specialist would ever encounter, and that one is common sense.

Everyone should know that burning garbage can be dangerous.

Anyone who operates a hot air balloon should know how to use it safely.

Anyone who works with animals should know about the risks of spreading disease.

Anyone who works with food should know about food labelling laws.