21-U.S.C.-616

§616 – Inspectors of Carcasses, Etc., Meat of Which Is Intended For Export; Certificates of Condition

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Title 21 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter I > Section 616

Details

• Reference: Section 616
• Legend: §616 – Inspectors of Carcasses, Etc., Meat of Which Is Intended For Export; Certificates of Condition
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

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.

(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.)

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.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

21-U.S.C.-604 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Meat Inspection

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