21 U.S.C. § 624 — Storage and handling regulations; viola-

Page 758 TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS § 624 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 prepa- ration by any person, firm, or corporation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products, derived from the slaughter by any per- son 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 pre- pared articles, exclusively for use in the house- hold of such owner, by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employ- ees: Provided, That in cases where such person, firm, or corporation engages in such custom op- erations at an establishment at which inspec- tion under this subchapter is maintained, the Secretary may exempt from such inspection at such establishment any animals slaughtered or any meat or meat food products otherwise pre- pared on such custom basis: Provided further, That custom operations at any establishment shall be exempt from inspection requirements as provided by this section only if the establish- ment complies with regulations which the Sec- retary is hereby authorized to promulgate to as- sure that any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products wherever handled on a cus- tom basis, or any containers or packages con- taining such articles, are separated at all times from carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products prepared for sale, and that all such ar- ticles prepared on a custom basis, or any con- tainers or packages containing such articles, are plainly marked ‘‘Not for Sale’’ immediately after being prepared and kept so identified until delivered to the owner and that the establish- ment conducting the custom operation is main- tained and operated in a sanitary manner. (b) Territorial exemption; refusal, withdrawal, or modification The Secretary may, under such sanitary con- ditions as he may by regulations prescribe, ex- empt from the inspection requirements of this subchapter the slaughter of animals, and the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products, by any person, firm, or corporation in any Territory not organized with a legislative body solely for distribution within such Territory when the Secretary determines that it is impracticable to provide such inspec- tion within the limits of funds appropriated for administration of this chapter and that such ex- emption will otherwise facilitate enforcement of this chapter. The Secretary may refuse, with- draw, or modify any exemption under this sub- section in his discretion whenever he determines such action is necessary to effectuate the pur- poses of this chapter. (c) Pizzas containing meat food products (1) Under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe through rules and reg- ulations issued under section 624 of this title that may be necessary to ensure food safety and protect public health such as special handling procedures, the Secretary shall exempt pizzas containing a meat food product from the inspec- tion requirements of this chapter if— (A) the meat food product components of the pizzas have been prepared, inspected, and passed in a cured or cooked form as ready-to- eat in compliance with the requirements of this chapter; and (B) the pizzas are to be served in public or private nonprofit institutions. (2) The Secretary may withdraw or modify any exemption under this subsection whenever the Secretary determines such action is necessary to ensure food safety and to protect public health. The Secretary may reinstate or further modify any exemption withdrawn or modified under this subsection. (d) Adulteration and misbranding provisions ap- plicable to inspection-free articles The adulteration and misbranding provisions of this subchapter, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, shall apply to articles which are exempted from inspection or not re- quired to be inspected under this section. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 23, formerly 21st, 22nd pars., 34 Stat. 1265; June 29, 1938, ch. 810, 52 Stat. 1235; renumbered § 23 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 11, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 591; Pub. L. 91–342, July 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 438; Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1016(a), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1902.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to sections 91 and 92 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1991—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 102–237 added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d). 1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–342 changed proviso so as to permit custom slaughterers to conduct a separate inspected meat business, continued the exemption for owners to slaughter and process their own animals for their own use, authorized the Secretary to exempt cus- tom slaughtering and processing performed by an in- spected establishment, and required that custom slaughtered articles be clearly marked ‘‘not for sale’’. 1967—Pub. L. 90–201, § 11, substituted provisions for personal, custom, and territorial slaughtering exemp- tions and for application of adulteration and mis- branding provisions to inspection-free articles for farm- er definition and retail butcher and retail dealer ex- emption provisions. 1938—Act June 29, 1948, amended section generally. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 90–201 effective upon expira- tion of sixty days after Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20(c) of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of this title. REGULATIONS Secretary to issue final rules no later than Aug. 1, 1992, to implement exemption authorized by subsec. (c) of this section, see section 1016(c) of Pub. L. 102–237, set out as a note under section 464 of this title. § 624. Storage and handling regulations; viola- tions; exemption of establishments subject to non-Federal jurisdiction The Secretary may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of car- casses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, Page 759 TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS § 642 sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buy- ing, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for commerce, or importing, such articles, whenever the Secretary deems such action nec- essary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited. However, such regulations shall not apply to the storage or handling of such articles at any retail store or other establishment in any State or organized Territory that would be sub- ject to this section only because of purchases in commerce, if the storage and handling of such articles at such establishment is regulated under the laws of the State or Territory in which such establishment is located, in a man- ner which the Secretary, after consultation with the appropriate advisory committee provided for in section 661 of this title, determines is ade- quate to effectuate the purposes of this section. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 24, as added Pub. L. 90–201, § 13, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 593.) § 625. Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the requirements of sections 603, 604, 605, 610(b), and 623 of this title shall not apply to any fish described in section 601(w)(2) of this title. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 25, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1369, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2131; amended Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, § 12106(a)(3), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 981.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246. AMENDMENTS 2014—Pub. L. 113–79 substituted ‘‘not apply to any fish described in section 601(w)(2) of this title.’’ for ‘‘not apply to catfish.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2014 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 113–79 effective as if enacted as part of section 11016(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, see section 12106(c) of Pub. L. 113–79, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as other- wise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture. § 626. Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and cer- tificates The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to expend appropriations for meat inspection for the purchase of printed tags, labels, stamps, and certificates without regard to existing laws ap- plicable to public printing. (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 101(f), 58 Stat. 734.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 431 of Title 7, Agriculture, prior to editorial reclassification and re- numbering as this section. Section was enacted as part of the Department of Ag- riculture Organic Act of 1944, and not as part of the Federal Meat Inspection Act which is classified to sub- chapters I to IV–A of this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION Authorization of appropriation of sums necessary for the purposes of this section, see note under section 395 of Title 7, Agriculture. SUBCHAPTER II—MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES § 641. Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles Inspection shall not be provided under sub- chapter I of this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the prepara- tion of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in com- merce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary to deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or corpora- tion shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, or import, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or other- wise identified as required by the regulations of the Secretary or are naturally inedible by hu- mans. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 90–201, § 14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 593.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Subchapter effective Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20 of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. § 642. Recordkeeping requirements (a) Classes of persons bound; scope of disclosure; access to places of business; examination of records, facilities, and inventories; copies; samples The following classes of persons, firms, and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions in- volved in their businesses; and all persons,