21 USC 608 - Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 76 of this title.

Amendments

2005—Puspan. L. 109–97 substituted “amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines”.

1967—Puspan. L. 90–201, §§ 3, 12(a), (f), struck out “interstate or foreign” before “commerce” and “of Agriculture” after “Secretary”, included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals, and substituted “adulterated” for “unclean, unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food”, respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2005 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 109–97 effective the day after 120 days after Nov. 10, 2005, see section 798(span) of Puspan. L. 109–97, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. 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(span) of Puspan. L. 90–201, set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of this title.