2018 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 12 - Meat Inspection
Subchapter II - Meat Processors and Related Industries
Sec. 644 - Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4-D animals to prevent use as human food

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 644 (2018)
Section Name §644. Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4–D animals to prevent use as human food
Section Text

No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, or import, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction, transportation or importation is made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to assure that such animals, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.

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(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, §204, as added Pub. L. 90–201, §14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 594.)

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 II - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
Sec. 644 - Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4-D animals to prevent use as human food
Contains section 644
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 81 Stat. 594
Public Law References Public Law 90-201
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