1995 U.S. Code
Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 12 - MEAT INSPECTION
SUBCHAPTER I - INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
Sec. 613 - Inspectors of animals for export; certificates of condition

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§613. Inspectors of animals for export; certificates of condition

For the purpose of section 612 of this title the Secretary may appoint inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official certificate clearly stating the condition in which such cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are found.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, §13, formerly 11th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered §13 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub. L. 90–201, §§1, 3(b), 12(a), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592.)

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 81 of this title.

Amendments

1967—Pub. L. 90–201, §§3(b), 12(a), struck out “of Agriculture” after “Secretary”, and included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals.

Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 90–201 effective Dec. 15, 1967, except that with respect to equines (other than horses) and their carcasses and parts thereof, meat, and meat food products thereof, amendment effective upon expiration of sixty days after Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20(b) of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 16 section 1540.