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

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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. § 601 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below: **(a)** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate. **(b)** The term “firm” means any partnership, association, or other unincorporated business organization. **(c)** The term “meat broker” means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other than for his own account or as an employee of another person, firm, or corporation. **(d)** The term “renderer” means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, except rendering conducted under inspection or exemption under this subchapter. **(e)** The term “animal food manufacturer” means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines. **(f)** The term “State” means any State of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. **(g)** The term “Territory” means Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States, excluding the Canal Zone. **(h)** The term “commerce” means commerce between any State, any Territory, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or within any Territory not organized with a legisl

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21 U.S.C. § 71 to 92 — Transferred

### 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 f

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

Page 753 TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS § 619 (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.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 84 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1967—Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 3(b), 12(a), struck out ‘‘of Agri- culture’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’, and included horses, mules, or other equines in the list of animals. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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 expi- ration 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. § 617. Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certifi- cate No clearance shall be given to any vessel hav- ing 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 in- spector appointed under the provisions of this chapter a certificate that the said amenable spe- cies were sound and healthy at the time of in- spection, 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. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 17, formerly 15th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 17 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1

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