21-U.S.C.-644
§644 – Regulation of Transactions, Transportation, Or Importation of 4-D Animals to Prevent Use As Human Food
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Title 21 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter II > Section 644
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- Reference: Section 644
- Legend: §644 – Regulation of Transactions, Transportation, Or Importation of 4-D Animals to Prevent Use As Human Food
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
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.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, §204, as added Pub. L. 90–201, §14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 594.)
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
21-U.S.C.-644 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Meat Inspection
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21-U.S.C.-621 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Food
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