2004 US Code
Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 5705 - Motor and rail transportation of nonfood products
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION Sec. 5705 - Motor and rail transportation of nonfood products |
| Contains | section 5705 |
| Date | 2004 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2005 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-272, §1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 857. |
| Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 1216 108 Stat. 857 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 101-500, Public Law 103-272 |
§5705. Motor and rail transportation of nonfood products
(a) Prohibitions.—The regulations prescribed under section 5703(a)(1) of this title shall include provisions prohibiting a person from using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a motor vehicle or rail vehicle (except a tank truck, rail tank car, or cargo tank described in section 5704 of this title) to transport cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives if the vehicle is used to transport nonfood products included in a list published under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) List of Unsafe Nonfood Products.—(1) After consultation required by section 5709 of this title, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish in the Federal Register a list of nonfood products the Secretary decides would make cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives unsafe to humans or animals because of transportation of the nonfood products in a motor vehicle or rail vehicle used to transport cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives. The Secretary may amend the list periodically by publication in the Federal Register.
(2) The list published under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not include cardboard, pallets, beverage containers, and other food packaging except to the extent the Secretary decides that the transportation of cardboard, pallets, beverage containers, or other food packaging in a motor vehicle or rail vehicle used to transport cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives would make the cosmetics, devices, drugs, food, or food additives unsafe to humans or animals.
(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 857.)
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 5705 | 49 App.:2805. | Nov. 3, 1990, Pub. L. 101–500, §6, 104 Stat. 1216. |
In subsection (b)(1), the word “decides” is substituted for “determined” for consistency in the revised title. The words “of the nonfood products” are added for clarity.
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