2021 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 12 - Meat Inspection
Subchapter II - Meat Processors and Related Industries
Sec. 641 - Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles
| 21 U.S.C. § 641 (2021) |
| §641. Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles |
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Inspection shall not be provided under subchapter I of this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary to deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, or import, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Secretary or are naturally inedible by humans. |
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(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, §201, as added Pub. L. 90–201, §14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 593.) |
| STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE
Subchapter effective Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20 of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 12 - MEAT INSPECTION SUBCHAPTER II - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES Sec. 641 - Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles |
| section 641 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
| No |
| standard |
| 81 Stat. 593 |
| Public Law 90-201 |
