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21 U.S.C. § 71 to 92 — Transferred

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### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 71, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1260, which related to inspection of meat and meat food products, examination of cattle before slaughtering, separate slaughtering of diseased animals and examination of carcasses, was transferred to [section 603 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section603&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 72, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1260, which related to post mortem examination of carcasses, marking and labeling, destruction of condemned carcasses, and reinspection, was transferred to [section 604 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section604&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 73, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1261, which related to examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto, was transferred to [section 605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section605&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 74, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1261, which related to examination and inspection of meat food products, marks of inspection, destruction of condemned products, and products for export, was transferred to [section 606 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section606&num=0&edition=prelim) and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(B), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1369, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(B), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2131. Section 75, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1262, which related to labeling of receptacles and coverings of meat and meat food products inspected and passed, supervision by inspectors, prohibition of sales under false names, was transferred to [section 607 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section607&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 76, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1262, which related to sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments, and rejection of meat or meat food products unfit for food, was transferred to [section 608 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section608&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 77, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1262, which related to examination of cattle and food products thereof slaughtered and prepared during night time, was transferred to [section 609 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section609&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 78, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1262, which related to prohibition of transportation of carcasses, meat, or meat food products not properly inspected and marked, was transferred to [section 610 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section610&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 79, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to forgery, alteration, and unauthorized use of marks, labels, and certificates, was transferred to [section 611 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section611&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 80, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to inspection of animals for export, was transferred to [section 612 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section612&num=0&edition=prelim) and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508. Section 81, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to certificates of condition of animals for export, was transferred to [section 613 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section613&num=0&edition=prelim) and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508. Section 82, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to clearance to vessels carrying cattle for export with proper certificate of inspection, was transferred to [section 614 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section614&num=0&edition=prelim) and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508. Section 83, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to inspection of carcasses, the meat of which is intended for export, was transferred to [section 615 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section615&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 84, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to certificates of condition of carcasses, the meat of which is intended for export, was transferred to [section 616 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section616&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 85, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to clearance to vessels carrying meat for export with proper certificate of inspection, was transferred to [section 617 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section617&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 86, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1263, which related to official certificates of inspection and delivery of copies thereof to different parties, was transferred to [section 618 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section618&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 87, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1264, which related to prohibition of transportation or sale of meat or meat food products without complying with provisions of inspection law, was transferred to [section 619 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section619&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 88, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1264, which related to offenses and penalties, was transferred to [section 620 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section620&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 89, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1264, which related to appointment of inspectors, their duties, and rule making authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, was transferred to [section 621 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section621&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 90, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1264, which related to penalties for bribery, was transferred to [section 622 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section622&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 91, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1265; June 29, 1938, ch. 810, 52 Stat. 1235, which related to definitions, exceptions to inspection requirements in case of farmers and retailers, and penalties for sale of meat and meat food products unfit for food, was transferred to [section 623 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section623&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 92, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1265, which was a proviso following the first sentence of [section 91 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section91&num=0&edition=prelim), was restored to that section and has been transferred to [section 623 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section623&num=0&edition=prelim).

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21 U.S.C. § 617 — Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certificate

No clearance shall be given to any vessel having on board any fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed beef, mutton, pork, goat or equine meat for export to and sale in a foreign country from any port in the United States, until the owner or shipper thereof shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the provisions of this chapter a certificate that the said amenable species were sound and healthy at the time of inspection, and that their meat is sound and wholesome, unless the Secretary shall have waived the requirements of such certificate for the country to which said amenable species or meats are to be exported.

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21 U.S.C. § 621 — Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations

The Secretary shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make examination and inspection of all amenable species, inspection of which is hereby provided for and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats and meat food products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products hereinbefore described are prepared; and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated; and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this chapter and by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said Secretary; and said Secretary shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this chapter, shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said Secretary not inconsistent with provisions of this chapter.

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21 U.S.C. § 618 — Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies

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.

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21 U.S.C. § 612 — Notification

Any establishment subject to inspection under this chapter that believes, or has reason to believe, that an adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food product received by or originating from the establishment has entered into commerce shall promptly notify the Secretary with regard to the type, amount, origin, and destination of the meat or meat food product.

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21 U.S.C. § 611 — Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations

**(a) Devices to be made under authorization of Secretary** No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the Secretary. **(b) Other misconduct** No person, firm, or corporation shall— (1) forge any official device, mark, or certificate; (2) without authorization from the Secretary use any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate; (3) contrary to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate; (4) knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Secretary or his representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal, or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark; (5) knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary; or (6) knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this chapter when, in fact, it has, respectively, not been so inspected and passed, or exempted.

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21 U.S.C. § 610 — Prohibited acts

No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals— **(a) Slaughtering animals or preparation of articles capable of use as human food** slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food at any establishment preparing any such articles for commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter; **(b) Humane methods of slaughter** slaughter or handle in connection with slaughter any such animals in any manner not in accordance with the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 862; [7 U.S.C. 1901–190](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1901–190&num=0&edition=prelim)6); **(c) Sales, transportation, and other transactions** sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, (1) any such articles which (A) are capable of use as human food and (B) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (2) any articles required to be inspected under this subchapter unless they have been so inspected and passed; **(d) Adulteration or misbranding** do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.

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21 U.S.C. § 623 — Exemptions from inspection requirements

**(a) Personal slaughtering and custom slaughtering for personal, household, guest, and employee uses** The provisions of this subchapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations for commerce shall not apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees; nor to the custom slaughter by any person, firm, or corporation of cattle, sheep, swine or goats delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter, and the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals, exclusively for use, in the household of such owner, by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees; nor to the custom preparation by any person, firm, or corporation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products, derived from the slaughter by any person of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats of his own raising, or from game animals, delivered by the owner thereof for such custom preparation, and transportation in commerce of such custom prepared articles, exclusively for use in the household of such owner, by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees: Provided, That in cases where such person, firm, or corporation engages in such custom operations at an establishment at which inspection under this subchapter is maintained, the Secretary may exempt from such inspection at such establishment

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21 U.S.C. § 613 — Plans and reassessments

The Secretary shall require that each establishment subject to inspection under this chapter shall, at a minimum— (1) prepare and maintain current procedures for the recall of all meat or meat food products produced and shipped by the establishment; (2) document each reassessment of the process control plans of the establishment; and (3) upon request, make the procedures and reassessed process control plans available to inspectors appointed by the Secretary for review and copying.

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21 U.S.C. § 616 — Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition

For the purpose of [section 615 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section615&num=0&edition=prelim) 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.

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21 U.S.C. § 620 — Imports

**(a) Adulteration or misbranding prohibition; compliance with inspection, building construction standards, and other provisions; humane methods of slaughter; treatment as domestic articles subject to this chapter and food, drug, and cosmetic provisions; marking and labeling; personal consumption exemption** No carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines which are capable of use as human food, shall be imported into the United States if such articles are adulterated or misbranded and unless they comply with all the inspection, building, construction standards, and all other provisions of this chapter and regulations issued thereunder applicable to such articles in commerce within the United States. No such carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products shall be imported into the United States unless the livestock from which they were produced was slaughtered and handled in connection with slaughter in accordance with the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 862; [7 U.S.C. 1901–190](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1901–190&num=0&edition=prelim)6). All such imported articles shall, upon entry into the United States, be deemed and treated as domestic articles subject to the other provisions of this chapter and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [[21 U.S.C. 301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]: Provided, That they shall be marked and labeled as required by such regulations for imported articles: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall apply to any individual who purchases meat or meat products outside the United States for his own consumption except th

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