2019 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 10 - Poultry and Poultry Products Inspection
Sec. 456 - Operation of premises, facilities and equipment

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 456 (2019)
Section Name §456. Operation of premises, facilities and equipment
Section Text (a) Sanitary practices

Each official establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry products for commerce or otherwise subject to inspection under this chapter shall have such premises, facilities, and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the Secretary for the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in commerce or burdensome effect upon commerce, of poultry products which are adulterated.

(b) Refusal of inspection

The Secretary shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 85–172, §7, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 444; Pub. L. 90–492, §7, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 799.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1968—Par. (a). Pub. L. 90–492 substituted "otherwise subject to inspection under this chapter" for "in or for marketing in a designated major consuming area", "burdensome effect upon commerce" for "in a designated major consuming area", and "which are adulterated" for "which are unwholesome or adulterated".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 90–492 effective Aug. 18, 1968, see section 20 of Pub. L. 90–492, set out as a note under section 451 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 10 - POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION
Sec. 456 - Operation of premises, facilities and equipment
Contains section 456
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 71 Stat. 444
82 Stat. 799
Public Law References Public Law 85-172, Public Law 90-492
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