21 U.S.C. § 617 — Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying

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, 3(b), 12(a), (g), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 85 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2005—Pub. L. 109–97 substituted ‘‘amenable species’’ for ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines’’ in two places. 1967—Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 3(b), 12(a), (g), struck out ‘‘of Agriculture’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’, included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals, and sub- stituted ‘‘goat or equine meat’’ for ‘‘or goat meat, being the meat of animals killed after March 4, 1907, or except as hereinbefore provided’’, respectively. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2005 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 109–97 effective the day after 120 days after Nov. 10, 2005, see section 798(b) of Pub. L. 109–97, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. 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. § 618. Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies The inspectors provided for under this sub- chapter shall be authorized to give official cer- tificates 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. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 18 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 12(a), (h), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 592; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(b)(4), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘Provided for under this subchapter’’ was in the original ‘‘provided for herein’’. Section was formerly classified to section 86 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2005—Pub. L. 109–97 substituted ‘‘amenable species’’ for ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines’’ in two places. 2002—Pub. L. 107–171 substituted ‘‘of the carcasses and products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines’’ for ‘‘of the cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, their carcasses and products as described in this subchapter’’. 1967—Pub. L. 90–201, § 12(a), (h), included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals and struck out ‘‘sound and wholesome’’ before ‘‘condi- tions’’, respectively. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2005 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 109–97 effective the day after 120 days after Nov. 10, 2005, see section 798(b) of Pub. L. 109–97, set out as a note under section 601 of this title. 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. § 619. Marking, labeling, or other identification to show kinds of animals from which de- rived; separate establishments for prepara- tion and slaughtering activities No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or re-