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7 U.S.C. § 1902 — Humane methods
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No method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the United States unless it is humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane:
**(a)** in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or
**(b)** by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument and handling in connection with such slaughtering.
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No method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the United States unless it is humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane:
**(a)** in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or
**(b)** by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument and handling in connection with such slaughtering.
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**(a) Examination of animals before slaughtering; diseased animals slaughtered separately and carcasses examined** For the purpose of preventing the use in commerce of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the Secretary shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all amenable species before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment, in which they are to be slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are to be used in commerce; and all amenable species found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, and when so slaughtered the carcasses of said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary, as provided for in this subchapter.
**(b) Humane methods of slaughter** For the purpose of preventing the inhumane slaughtering of livestock, the Secretary shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of the method by which amenable species are slaughtered and handled in connection with slaughter in the slaughtering establishments inspected under this chapter. The Secretary may refuse to provide inspection to a new slaughtering establishment or may cause inspection to be temporarily suspended at a slaughtering establishment if the Secretary finds that any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines have been slaughtered or handled in connection with slaughter at such establishment by any method
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1902
‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the Secretary of Agriculture should—
‘‘(1) continue tracking the number of violations of
Public Law 85–765 (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.; commonly
known as the ‘Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of
1958’) and report the results and relevant trends annu-
ally to Congress; and
‘‘(2) fully enforce Public Law 85–765 by ensuring
that humane methods in the slaughter of livestock—
‘‘(A) prevent needless suffering;
‘‘(B) result in safer and better working conditions
for persons engaged in slaughtering operations;
‘‘(C) bring about improvement of products and
economies in slaughtering operations; and
‘‘(D) produce other benefits for producers, proc-
essors, and consumers that tend to expedite an or-
derly flow of livestock and livestock products in
interstate and foreign commerce.
‘‘(b) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It is the policy of the
United States that the slaughtering of livestock and
the handling of livestock in connection with slaughter
shall be carried out only by humane methods, as pro-
vided by Public Law 85–765.’’
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION OF EQUINE FOR
SLAUGHTER
Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, subtitle A, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 1184, provided that:
‘‘SEC. 901. FINDINGS.
‘‘Because of the unique and special needs of equine
being transported to slaughter, Congress finds that it is
appropriate for the Secretary of Agriculture to issue
guidelines for the regulation of the commercial trans-
portation of equine for slaughter by persons regularly
engaged in that activity within the United States.
‘‘SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this subtitle:
‘‘(1) COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘com-
mercial transportation’ means the regular operation
for profit of a transport business th
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