2018 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 12 - Meat Inspection
Subchapter I - Inspection Requirements; Adulteration and Misbranding
Sec. 616 - Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 616 (2018)
Section Name §616. Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition
Section Text

For the purpose of section 615 of this title the Secretary may appoint inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official certificate stating the condition in which said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, and the meat thereof, are found.

Source Credit

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, §16, formerly 14th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered §16 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§1, 3(b), 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 84 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1967—Pub. L. 90–201, §§3(b), 12(a), struck out "of Agriculture" after "Secretary", and included horses, mules, or 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 I - INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
Sec. 616 - Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition
Contains section 616
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 34 Stat. 1263
81 Stat. 584
Public Law References Public Law 90-201
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