21-U.S.C.-618
§618 – Delivery of Inspectors' Certificates, and of Copies
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Title 21 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter I > Section 618
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- Reference: Section 618
- Legend: §618 – Delivery of Inspectors' Certificates, and of Copies
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The inspectors provided for under this subchapter shall be authorized to give official certificates of the condition of the carcasses and products of amenable species; and one copy of every certificate granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, another copy shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, and when the amenable species, or their carcasses and products are sent abroad, a third copy shall be delivered to the chief officer of the vessel on which the shipment shall be made.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, §18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered §18 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§1, 12(a), (h), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 592; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, §10418(b)(4), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, §798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.)
Codification
Provided for under this subchapter was in the original provided for herein.
Section was formerly classified to section 86 of this title.
Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–97 substituted amenable species for cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines in two places.
2002—Pub. L. 107–171 substituted of the carcasses and products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines for of the cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, their carcasses and products as described in this subchapter.
1967—Pub. L. 90–201, §12(a), (h), included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals and struck out sound and wholesome before conditions, respectively.
Effective Date of 2005 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 109–97 effective the day after 120 days after Nov. 10, 2005, see section 798(b) of Pub. L. 109–97, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.
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.
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