2021 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 12 - Meat Inspection
Subchapter II - Meat Processors and Related Industries
Sec. 643 - Registration of business, name of person, and trade names

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 643 (2021)
Section Name §643. Registration of business, name of person, and trade names
Section Text

No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business, in or for commerce, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for commerce, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the Secretary, he has registered with the Secretary his name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he conducts such business.

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(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, §203, as added Pub. L. 90–201, §14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 594.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 12 - MEAT INSPECTION
SUBCHAPTER II - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
Sec. 643 - Registration of business, name of person, and trade names
Contains section 643
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 81 Stat. 594
Public Law References Public Law 90-201
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