21 U.S.C. § 644 — Regulation of transactions, transportation,

Page 760 TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS § 643 firms, and corporations subject to such require- ments shall, at all reasonable times upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Sec- retary, afford such representative access to their places of business and opportunity to ex- amine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon pay- ment of the fair market value therefor— (1) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage, for commerce, in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals, for use as human food or animal food; (2) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in the business of buying or selling (as meat brokers, wholesalers or otherwise), or transporting in commerce, or storing in or for commerce, or importing, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such ani- mals; (3) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in business, in or for commerce, as ren- derers, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, in commerce, or im- porting, 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. (b) Period of maintenance Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the Secretary may by regulations pre- scribe. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 90–201, § 14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 593.) § 643. Registration of business, name of person, and trade names No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business, in or for commerce, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or en- gage in business in commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the car- casses, of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in busi- ness as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for commerce, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, any dead, dying, dis- abled, or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the Secretary, he has registered with the Secretary his name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he con- ducts such business. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 90–201, § 14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 594.) § 644. Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4–D animals to prevent use as human food 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 car- casses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transpor- tation, 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 other- wise than by slaughter, unless such transaction, transportation or importation is made in ac- cordance 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.) § 645. Federal provisions applicable to State or Territorial business transactions of a local nature and not subject to local authority The authority conferred on the Secretary by section 642, 643, or 644 of this title with respect to persons, firms, and corporations engaged in the specified kinds of business in or for com- merce may be exercised with respect to persons, firms, or corporations engaged, in any State or organized Territory, in such kinds of business but not in or for commerce, whenever the Sec- retary determines, after consultation with an appropriate advisory committee provided for in section 661 of this title, that the State or terri- tory does not have at least equal authority under its laws or such authority is not exercised in a manner to effectuate the purposes of this chapter including the State providing for the Secretary or his representative being afforded access to such places of business and the facili- ties, inventories, and records thereof, and the taking of reasonable samples, where he deter- mines necessary in carrying out his responsibil- ities under this chapter; and in such case the provisions of section 642, 643, or 644 of this title, respectively, shall apply to such persons, firms, and corporations to the same extent and in the same manner as if they were engaged in such business in or for commerce and the trans- actions involved were in commerce. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, § 205, as added Pub. L. 90–201, § 14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 594.) SUBCHAPTER III—FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION § 661. Federal and State cooperation (a) Congressional statement of policy It is the policy of the Congress to protect the consuming public from meat and meat food products that are adulterated or misbranded and to assist in efforts by State and other Govern- ment agencies to accomplish this objective. In furtherance of this policy— (1) Development and administration of State meat inspection program equal to sub- chapter I ante and post mortem inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements The Secretary is authorized, whenever he de- termines that it would effectuate the purposes