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US - Meat - Chapter 12. Meat Inspection. | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: United States Code Annotated. Title 21. Food and Drugs. Chapter 12. Meat Inspection.
Primary Citation: 21 U.S.C.A. § 601 - 695
Statute Text: SUBCHAPTER I-INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING § 601 . Definitions
§ 602 . Congressional statement of findings
§ 603 . Inspection of meat and meat food products
§ 604 . Post mortem examination of carcasses and marking or labeling; destruction of carcasses condemned; reinspection
§ 605 . Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry
§ 606 . Inspectors of meat food products; marks of inspection; destruction of condemned products; products for export; catfish examination and inspection
§ 607 . Labeling, marking, and container requirements
§ 608 . Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products
§ 609 . Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared during nighttime
§ 610 . Prohibited acts
§ 611 . Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations
§ 612 . Notification
§ 613 . Plans and reassessments
§ 614 . Repealed. Pub.L. 107-171, Title X, § 10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508
§ 615 . Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export
§ 616 . Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition
§ 617 . Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector's certificate
§ 618 . Delivery of inspectors' certificates, and of copies
§ 619 . Marking, labeling, or other identification of kinds of animals or articles' derivation; separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities
§ 620 . Imports
§ 621 . Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations
§ 622 . Bribery of or gifts to inspectors or other officers and acceptance of gifts
§ 623 . Exemptions from inspection requirements
§ 624 . Storage and handling regulations; violations; exemption of establishments subject to non-Federal jurisdiction
§ 625 . Application of law to catfish
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
§ 642 . Recordkeeping requirements
§ 643 . Registration of business, name of person, and trade names
§ 644 . Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4-D animals to prevent use as human food
§ 645 . Federal provisions applicable to State or Territorial business transactions of a local nature and not subject to local authority
SUBCHAPTER III-FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION § 661 . Federal and State cooperation
SUBCHAPTER IV-AUXILIARY PROVISIONS § 671 . Inspection services; refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; other provisions for withdrawal of services unaffected; responsible connection with business; finality of Secretary's actions; judicial review; record
§ 672 . Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of governmental authorities; release
§ 673 . Seizure and condemnation
§ 674 . Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations of section 607(e) of this title
§ 675 . Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons
§ 676 . Violations
§ 677 . Other Federal laws applicable for administration and enforcement of chapter; location of inquiries; jurisdiction of Federal courts
§ 678 . Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters
§ 679 . Application of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
§ 679a . Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel
§ 679b . Pasteurization of meat and poultry
§ 679c . Expansion of food safety inspection service activities
§ 680 . Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER IV-A-INSPECTIONS BY FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES § 683 . Interstate shipment of meat inspected by Federal and State agencies for certain small establishments
SUBCHAPTER V-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 691 . Omitted
§ 692 . Inspection extended to reindeer
§ 693 . Inspection of dairy products for export
§ 694 . Authorization of appropriations
§ 695 . Payment of cost of meat-inspection service; exception
§ 601. Definitions As used in this chapter, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below:
(9) if it is not subject to the provisions of subparagraph (7), unless its label bears
(A) the common or usual name of the food, if any there be, and (B) in case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient; except that spices, flavorings, and colorings may, when authorized by the Secretary, be designated as spices, flavorings, and colorings without naming each: Provided, That to the extent that compliance with the requirements of clause (B) of this subparagraph (9) is impracticable, or results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Secretary;
(p) The term “labeling” means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter
(1) upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.
(q) The term “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.]” means the Act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(r) The terms “pesticide chemical,” “food additive,” “color additive,” and “raw agricultural commodity” shall have the same meanings for purposes of this chapter as under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.].
(w) The term “amenable species” means--
CREDIT(S)(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 1, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 2, 81 Stat. 584; amended Pub.L. 96-88, Title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Oct. 29, 1992, Pub.L. 102-571, Title I, § 107(14), 106 Stat. 4499; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(2), 119 Stat. 2166; May 22, 2008, Pub.L. 110-234, Title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(A), 122 Stat. 1369; June 18, 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, § 4(a), Title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(A), 122 Stat. 1664, 2130; Pub.L. 113-79, Title XII, § 12106(a)(1), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 980.)
§ 602. Congressional statement of findings Meat and meat food products are an important source of the Nation's total supply of food. They are consumed throughout the Nation and the major portion thereof moves in interstate or foreign commerce. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded meat or meat food products impair the effective regulation of meat and meat food products in interstate or foreign commerce, are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products, and result in sundry losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products, as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged articles can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that all articles and animals which are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce, and that regulation by the Secretary and cooperation by the States and other jurisdictions as contemplated by this chapter are appropriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon such commerce, to effectively regulate such commerce, and to protect the health and welfare of consumers.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 2, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 2, 81 Stat. 587.)
§ 603. Inspection of meat and meat food products (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 amenable species, and when so slaughtered the carcasses of said amenable species 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.
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 amenable species have been slaughtered or handled in connection with slaughter at such establishment by any method not in accordance with the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 862; 7 U.S.C. 1901-1906) until the establishment furnishes assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that all slaughtering and handling in connection with slaughter of livestock shall be in accordance with such a method.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 3, formerly 1st par., 34 Stat. 1260; renumbered and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3, 12(a), (b), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Oct. 10, 1978, Pub.L. 95-445, § 2, 92 Stat. 1069; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 604. Post mortem examination of carcasses and marking or labeling; destruction of carcasses condemned; reinspection For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the Secretary shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose a post mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all amenable species to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment in any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia as articles of commerce which are capable of use as human food; and the carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled as “Inspected and passed”; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as “Inspected and condemned” all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be adulterated; and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the Secretary may remove inspectors from any such establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof, and said inspectors, after said first inspection, shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become adulterated, and if any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be adulterated, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the Secretary may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 4, formerly 2nd par., 34 Stat. 1260; renumbered and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3, 4, 12(a) to (d), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 605. Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry The foregoing provisions shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of amenable species or the meat or meat products thereof which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, and such examination and inspection shall be had before the said carcasses or parts thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products; and the foregoing provisions shall also apply to all such products, which, after having been issued from any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained. The Secretary may limit the entry of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products, and other materials into any establishment at which inspection under this subchapter is maintained, under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 5, formerly 3rd par., 34 Stat. 1261; renumbered and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 5, 12(a), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 606. Inspectors of meat food products; marks of inspection; destruction of condemned products; products for export; catfish examination and inspection (a) In general
For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the Secretary shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all meat food products prepared for commerce in any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, and for the purposes of any examination and inspection and inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether the establishment be operated or not, to every part of said establishment; and said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag, or label as “Inspected and passed” all such products found to be not adulterated; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as “Inspected and condemned” all such products found adulterated, and all such condemned meat food products shall be destroyed for food purposes, as hereinbefore provided, and the Secretary may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products: Provided, That subject to the rules and regulations of the Secretary the provisions of this section in regard to preservatives shall not apply to meat food products for export to any foreign country and which are prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser, when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which said article is to be exported; but if said article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or consumption then this proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation of all the other provisions of this chapter.
CREDIT(S)(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 6, as added May 22, 2008, Pub.L. 110-234, Title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(B), 122 Stat. 1369, and June 18, 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, § 4(a), Title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(B), 122 Stat. 1664, 2131; amended Pub.L. 113-79, Title XII, § 12106(a)(2), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 981.)
§ 607. Labeling, marking, and container requirements (a) Labeling receptacles or coverings of meat or meat food products inspected and passed; supervision by inspectors
The Secretary, whenever he determines such action is necessary for the protection of the public, may prescribe: (1) the styles and sizes of type to be used with respect to material required to be incorporated in labeling to avoid false or misleading labeling in marketing and labeling any articles or animals subject to this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter; (2) definitions and standards of identity or composition for articles subject to this subchapter and standards of fill of container for such articles not inconsistent with any such standards established under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.], and there shall be consultation between the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services prior to the issuance of such standards under either Act relating to articles subject to this chapter to avoid inconsistency in such standards and possible impairment of the coordinated effective administration of these Acts. There shall also be consultation between the Secretary and an appropriate advisory committee provided for in section 661 of this title, prior to the issuance of such standards under this chapter, to avoid, insofar as feasible, inconsistency between Federal and State standards.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 7, formerly 5th par., 34 Stat. 1262; renumbered § 7 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3(a), 6, 81 Stat. 584, 588; Apr. 4, 1996, Pub.L. 104-127, Title II, § 279, 110 Stat. 979.)
§ 608. Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products The Secretary shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which amenable species are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared for commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same, and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat or meat food products are rendered adulterated, he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products to be labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as “inspected and passed.”
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 8, formerly 6th par., 34 Stat. 1262; renumbered § 8 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3, 12(a), (f), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 609. Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared during nighttime The Secretary shall cause an examination and inspection of all amenable species, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described for the purposes of commerce to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when the slaughtering of said amenable species, or the preparation of said food products is conducted during the nighttime.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 9, formerly 7th par., 34 Stat. 1262; renumbered § 9 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3, 12(a), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Nov. 10, 1986, Pub.L. 99-641, Title IV, § 403(d)(1), 100 Stat. 3571; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 610. Prohibited acts No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals--
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 10, formerly 8th par., 34 Stat. 1262; renumbered § 10 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 7, 81 Stat. 584, 589; Oct. 10, 1978, Pub.L. 95-445, § 3, 92 Stat. 1069.)
§ 611. Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations (a) Devices to be made under authorization of Secretary
No person, firm, or corporation shall--
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 11, formerly 9th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 11 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 8, 81 Stat. 584, 589.)
§ 612. Notification <Except as otherwise provided, for extension of the authorities provided by and amendments made by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1651, see Pub.L. 112-240, Title VII, § 701, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2362, set out as a note under 7 U.S.C.A. § 8701.>
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 12, as added May 22, 2008, Pub.L. 110-234, Title XI, § 11017(a), 122 Stat. 1370, and June 18, 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, § 4(a), Title XI, § 11017(a), 122 Stat. 1664, 2132.)
§ 613. Plans and reassessments <Except as otherwise provided, for extension of the authorities provided by and amendments made by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1651, see Pub.L. 112-240, Title VII, § 701, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2362, set out as a note under 7 U.S.C.A. § 8701.>
The Secretary shall require that each establishment subject to inspection under this chapter shall, at a minimum--
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 13, as added May 22, 2008, Pub.L. 110-234, Title XI, § 11017(a), 122 Stat. 1370, and June 18, 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, § 4(a), Title XI, § 11017(a), 122 Stat. 1664, 2132.)
§ 614. Repealed. Pub.L. 107-171, Title X, § 10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508 HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Section 614, Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 14, formerly 12th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592, related to clearance prohibited to vessel carrying animals for export without inspector's certificate.
§ 615. Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export The Secretary shall also cause to be made a careful inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all amenable species, the meat of which, fresh, salted, canned, corned, packed, cured, or otherwise prepared, is intended and offered for export to any foreign country, at such times and places and in such manner as he may deem proper.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 15, formerly 13th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 15 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 616. Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition For the purpose of section 615 of this title the Secretary may appoint inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official certificate stating the condition in which said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, and the meat thereof, are found.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 16, formerly 14th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 16 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592.)
§ 617. Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector's certificate No clearance shall be given to any vessel having 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 inspector appointed under the provisions of this chapter a certificate that the said amenable species were sound and healthy at the time of inspection, 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, c. 2907, Title I, § 17, formerly 15th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 17 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), (g), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 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.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 18 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 12(a), (h), 81 Stat. 584, 592; May 13, 2002, Pub.L. 107-171, Title X, § 10418(b)(4), 116 Stat. 508; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 619. Marking, labeling, or other identification of kinds of animals or articles' derivation; separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses of species designated by regulations in effect on the day before November 10, 2005 or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the Secretary, with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this subchapter, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which other amenable species are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 19, formerly 17th par., 34 Stat. 1264; renumbered § 19 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 9, 81 Stat. 584, 590; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(3), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 620. Imports (a) Adulteration or misbranding prohibition; compliance with inspection, building construction standards, and other provisions; humane methods of slaughter; treatment as domestic articles subject to this chapter and food, drug, and cosmetic provisions; marking and labeling; personal consumption exemption
No carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of amenable species which are capable of use as human food, shall be imported into the United States if such articles are adulterated or misbranded and unless they comply with all the inspection, building, construction standards, and all other provisions of this chapter and regulations issued thereunder applicable to such articles in commerce within the United States. No such carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products shall be imported into the United States unless the livestock from which they were produced was slaughtered and handled in connection with slaughter in accordance with the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 862; 7 U.S.C. 1901-1906). All such imported articles shall, upon entry into the United States, be deemed and treated as domestic articles subject to the other provisions of this chapter and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.]: Provided, That they shall be marked and labeled as required by such regulations for imported articles: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall apply to any individual who purchases meat or meat products outside the United States for his own consumption except that the total amount of such meat or meat products shall not exceed fifty pounds.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of amenable species, capable of use as human food, offered for importation into the United States shall be subject to the inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards applied to products produced in the United States. Any such imported meat articles that do not meet such standards shall not be permitted entry into the United States. The Secretary shall enforce this provision through (1) the imposition of random inspections for such species verification and for residues, and (2) random sampling and testing of internal organs and fat of the carcasses for residues at the point of slaughter by the exporting country in accordance with methods approved by the Secretary. Each foreign country from which such meat articles are offered for importation into the United States shall obtain a certification issued by the Secretary stating that the country maintains a program using reliable analytical methods to ensure compliance with the United States standards for residues in such meat articles. No such meat article shall be permitted entry into the United States from a country for which the Secretary has not issued such certification. The Secretary shall periodically review such certifications and shall revoke any certification if the Secretary determines that the country involved is not maintaining a program that uses reliable analytical methods to ensure compliance with United States standards for residues in such meat articles. The consideration of any application for a certification under this subsection and the review of any such certification, by the Secretary, shall include the inspection of individual establishments to ensure that the inspection program of the foreign country involved is meeting such United States standards.
(A) The term “meat articles” means carcasses, meat and meat food products of amenable species, that are capable of use as human food.
(3) If the Secretary determines that a foreign country applies standards described in paragraph (2)--
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 20, formerly 18th par., 34 Stat. 1264; renumbered § 20 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 10, 81 Stat. 584, 590; Oct. 10, 1978, Pub.L. 95-445, § 4, 92 Stat. 1069; Dec. 22, 1981, Pub.L. 97-98, Title XI, § 1122, 95 Stat. 1273; Dec. 23, 1985, Pub.L. 99-198, Title XVII, § 1702, 99 Stat. 1634; Aug. 23, 1988, Pub.L. 100-418, Title IV, § 4604, 102 Stat. 1408; Dec. 8, 1993, Pub.L. 103-182, Title III, § 361(f), 107 Stat. 2124; Nov. 2, 1994, Pub.L. 103-437, § 8(2), 108 Stat. 4588; Dec. 8, 1994, Pub.L. 103-465, Title IV, § 431(l), 108 Stat. 4970; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 621. Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations The Secretary shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make examination and inspection of all amenable species, inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats and meat food products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products hereinbefore described are prepared; and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated; and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this chapter and by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said Secretary; and said Secretary shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this chapter, shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said Secretary not inconsistent with provisions of this chapter.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 21, formerly 19th par., 34 Stat. 1264; renumbered § 21 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), (i), 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592, 593; Nov. 10, 1986, Pub.L. 99-641, Title IV, § 403(d)(2), 100 Stat. 3571; Nov. 10, 2005, Pub.L. 109-97, Title VII, § 798(a)(1), 119 Stat. 2166.)
§ 622. Bribery of or gifts to inspectors or other officers and acceptance of gifts Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm, or corporation, who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or any other officer or employee of the United States authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the rules and regulations of the Secretary any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of the United States in the discharge of any duty provided for in this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 and by imprisonment not less than one year nor more than three years; and any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, firm, or corporation, or officers, agents, or employees thereof, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person, firm, or corporation engaged in commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value, given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be summarily discharged from office and shall be punished by a fine not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 and by imprisonment not less than one year nor more than three years.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 22, formerly 20th par., 34 Stat. 1264; renumbered § 22 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 3, 81 Stat. 584, 588.)
§ 623. Exemptions from inspection requirements (a) Personal slaughtering and custom slaughtering for personal, household, guest, and employee uses
(1) Under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe through rules and regulations 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 inspection requirements of this chapter if--
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 23, formerly 21st, 22nd pars., 34 Stat. 1265; June 29, 1938, c. 810, 52 Stat. 1235; renumbered § 23 and amended Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, §§ 1, 11, 81 Stat. 584, 591; June 18, 1970, Pub.L. 91-342, 84 Stat. 438; Dec. 13, 1991, Pub.L. 102-237, Title X, § 1016(a), 105 Stat. 1902.)
§ 624. Storage and handling regulations; violations; exemption of establishments subject to non-Federal jurisdiction The Secretary may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, 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 buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for commerce, or importing, such articles, whenever the Secretary deems such action necessary 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 subject 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 manner which the Secretary, after consultation with the appropriate advisory committee provided for in section 661 of this title, determines is adequate to effectuate the purposes of this section.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 24, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 13, 81 Stat. 593.)
§ 625. Application of law 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.
CREDIT(S)(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title I, § 25, as added May 22, 2008, Pub.L. 110-234, Title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), 122 Stat. 1369, and June 18, 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, § 4(a), Title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), 122 Stat. 1664, 2131; amended Pub.L. 113-79, Title XII, § 12106(a)(3), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 981.)
§ 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 subchapter I of this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation 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 commerce, 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 corporation 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 otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Secretary or are naturally inedible by humans.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title II, § 201, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 14, 81 Stat. 593.)
§ 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 involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Secretary, afford such representative access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor--
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title II, § 202, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 14, 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 engage in business in commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business 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, disabled, 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 conducts such business.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title II, § 203, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 14, 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 carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, 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 otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction, transportation or importation is made in accordance 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, c. 2907, Title II, § 204, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 14, 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 commerce 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 Secretary determines, after consultation with an appropriate advisory committee provided for in section 661 of this title, that the State or Territory 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 facilities, inventories, and records thereof, and the taking of reasonable samples, where he determines necessary in carrying out his responsibilities 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 transactions involved were in commerce.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title II, § 205, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 14, 81 Stat. 594.)
§ 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 Government agencies to accomplish this objective. In furtherance of this policy--
If the Secretary has reason to believe, by thirty days prior to the expiration of two years after December 15, 1967, that a State has failed to develop or is not enforcing, with respect to all establishments within its jurisdiction (except those that would be exempted from Federal inspection under subparagraph (2) ) at which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines are slaughtered, or their carcasses, or parts or products thereof, are prepared for use as human food, solely for distribution within such State, and the products of such establishments, requirements at least equal to those imposed under subchapter I and IV, he shall promptly notify the Governor of the State of this fact. If the Secretary determines, after consultation with the Governor of the State, or representative selected by him, that such requirements have not been developed and activated, he shall promptly after the expiration of such two-year period designate such State as one in which the provisions of subchapters I and IV of this chapter shall apply to operations and transactions wholly within such State: Provided, That if the Secretary has reason to believe that the State will activate such requirements within one additional year, he may delay such designation for said period, and not designate the State, if he determines at the end of the year that the State then has such requirements in effective operation. The Secretary shall publish any such designation in the Federal Register and, upon the expiration of thirty days after such publication, the provisions of subchapters I and IV of this chapter shall apply to operations and transactions and to persons, firms, and corporations engaged therein in the State to the same extent and in the same manner as if such operations and transactions were conducted in or for commerce. Thereafter, upon request of the Governor, the Secretary shall revoke such designation if the Secretary determines that such State has developed and will enforce requirements at least equal to those imposed under subchapters I and IV of this chapter: And provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the Secretary determines that any establishment within a State is producing adulterated meat or meat food products for distribution within such State which would clearly endanger the public health he shall notify the Governor of the State and the appropriate Advisory Committee provided by section 661 of this title of such fact for effective action under State or local law. If the State does not take action to prevent such endangering of the public health within a reasonable time after such notice, as determined by the Secretary, in light of the risk to public health, the Secretary may forthwith designate any such establishment as subject to the provisions of subchapter I and subchapter IV of this chapter, and thereupon the establishment and operator thereof shall be subject to such provisions as though engaged in commerce until such time as the Secretary determines that such State has developed and will enforce requirements at least equal to those imposed under subchapter I and subchapter IV of this chapter.
The Secretary shall promptly upon December 15, 1967, and periodically thereafter, but at least annually, review the requirements, including the enforcement thereof, of the several States not designated under this paragraph (c), with respect to the slaughter, and the preparation, storage, handling and distribution of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products, of such animals, and inspection of such operations and annually report thereon to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate in the report required under section 691 of this title.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title III, § 301, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 15, 81 Stat. 595; amended Oct. 17, 1984, Pub.L. 98-487, § 1, 98 Stat. 2264; Nov. 2, 1994, Pub.L. 103-437, § 8(2), 108 Stat. 4588.)
§ 671. Inspection services; refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; other provisions for withdrawal of services unaffected; responsible connection with business; finality of Secretary's actions; judicial review; record The Secretary may (for such period, or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter) refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under subchapter I of this chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under subchapter I because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any Federal or State court, of (1) any felony, or (2) more than one violation of any law, other than a felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of this chapter for withdrawal of inspection services under subchapter I from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat food products.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 401, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 597; amended Nov. 10, 1986, Pub.L. 99-641, Title IV, § 403(b), 100 Stat. 3568.)
§ 672. Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of governmental authorities; release Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, commerce or otherwise subject to subchapter I or II of this chapter, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter or of any other Federal law or the laws of any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia, or that such article or animal has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed twenty days, pending action under section 673 of this title or notification of any Federal, State, or other governmental authorities having jurisdiction over such article or animal, and shall not be moved by any person, firm, or corporation from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 402, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 598.)
§ 673. Seizure and condemnation (a) Proceedings in rem; libel of information; jurisdiction; disposal by destruction or sale; proceeds into the Treasury; sales restrictions; bond; court costs and fees, storage, and other expenses against claimants; proceedings in admiralty; jury trial; United States as plaintiff
(5)(A) An article that is condemned under paragraph (1) may as the court may direct, after entry of the decree, be distributed without charge to nonprofit, private entities or to Federal, State, or local government entities engaged in the distribution of food without charge to individuals, if such article--
(ii) is plainly marked “Not for Sale” on such article or its container.
(B) The United States may not be held legally responsible for any article that is distributed under subparagraph (A) to a nonprofit, private entity or to a Federal, State, or local government entity, if such article--
(C) The person from whom such article was seized and condemned may not be held legally responsible for such article, if such article--
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 403, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 598; amended Dec. 7, 1989, Pub.L. 101-205, § 1, 103 Stat. 1829.)
§ 674. Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations of section 607(e) of this title The United States district courts, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the highest court of American Samoa, and the United States courts of the other Territories, are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of, this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this chapter, except as provided in section 607(e) of this title.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 404, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 599.)
§ 675. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Whoever kills any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter shall be punished as provided under sections 1111 and 1114 of Title 18.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 405, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 599.)
§ 676. Violations (a) Misdemeanors; felonies: intent to defraud and distribution of adulterated articles; good faith
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 406, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 599; amended Nov. 10, 1986, Pub.L. 99-641, Title IV, § 403(c), 100 Stat. 3570.)
§ 677. Other Federal laws applicable for administration and enforcement of chapter; location of inquiries; jurisdiction of Federal courts For the efficient administration and enforcement of this chapter, the provisions (including penalties) of sections 46, 48, 49 and 50 of Title 15 (except paragraphs (c) through (h) of section 46 and the last paragraph of section 49 of Title 15), and the provisions of section 409(l) of Title 47; are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Secretary in administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to any person, firm, or corporation with respect to whom such authority is exercised. The Secretary, in person or by such agents as he may designate, may prosecute any inquiry necessary to his duties under this chapter in any part of the United States, and the powers conferred by said sections 49 and 50 of Title 15 on the district courts of the United States may be exercised for the purposes of this chapter by any court designated in section 674 of this title.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, Title IV, § 407, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 599.)
§ 678. Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters Requirements within the scope of this chapter with respect to premises, facilities and operations of any establishment at which inspection is provided under subchapter I of this chapter, which are in addition to, or different than those made under this chapter may not be imposed by any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, except that any such jurisdiction may impose recordkeeping and other requirements within the scope of section 642 of this title, if consistent therewith, with respect to any such establishment. Marking, labeling, packaging, or ingredient requirements in addition to, or different than, those made under this chapter may not be imposed by any State or Territory or the District of Columbia with respect to articles prepared at any establishment under inspection in accordance with the requirements under subchapter I of this chapter, but any State or Territory or the District of Columbia may, consistent with the requirements under this chapter, exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the Secretary over articles required to be inspected under said subchapter I, for the purpose of preventing the distribution for human food purposes of any such articles which are adulterated or misbranded and are outside of such an establishment, or, in the case of imported articles which are not at such an establishment, after their entry into the United States. This chapter shall not preclude any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from making requirement or taking other action, consistent with this chapter, with respect to any other matters regulated under this chapter.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 408, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 600.)
§ 679. Application of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (a) Authorities under food, drug, and cosmetic provisions unaffected
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, including section 902(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 392(a)), the provisions of this chapter shall not derogate from any authority conferred by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.] prior to December 15, 1967.
The detainer authority conferred by section 672 of this title shall apply to any authorized representative of the Secretary of Health and Human Services for purposes of the enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.] with respect to any carcass, part thereof, meat, or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines that is outside any premises at which inspection is being maintained under this chapter, and for such purposes the first reference to the Secretary in section 672 of this title shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 409, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 600; June 22, 2009, Pub.L. 111-31, Div. A, Title I, § 103(o), 123 Stat. 1838.)
§ 679a. Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel (a) Establishment
The panel shall review and evaluate, as the panel considers necessary, the adequacy, necessity, safety, cost-effectiveness, and scientific merit of--
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.App.) and title XVIII of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) shall not apply to the panel.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 410, as added Apr. 4, 1996, Pub.L. 104-127, Title IX, § 918(a)(1)(B), 110 Stat. 1188.)
§ 679b. Pasteurization of meat and poultry (1) In general
(Pub.L. 107-171, Title X, § 10808, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 530.)
§ 679c. Expansion of food safety inspection service activities (a) In general
The Secretary of Agriculture may utilize existing authorities to give high priority to enhancing and expanding the capacity of the Food Safety Inspection Service to conduct activities to--
(3) strengthen the ability of the Service to collaborate with relevant agencies within the Department of Agriculture and with other entities in the Federal Government, the States, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 450b(e) of Title 25) through the sharing of information and technology; and
(Pub.L. 107-188, Title III, § 332, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 679.)
§ 680. Authorization of appropriations There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title IV, § 411, formerly § 410, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub.L. 90-201, § 16, 81 Stat. 600, and renumbered § 411, Apr. 4, 1996, Pub.L. 104-127, Title IX, § 918(a)(1)(A), 110 Stat. 1188.)
§ 683. Interstate shipment of meat inspected by Federal and State agencies for certain small establishments <Except as otherwise provided, for extension of the authorities provided by and amendments made by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1651, see Pub.L. 112-240, Title VII, § 701, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2362, set out as a note under 7 U.S.C.A. § 8701.>
The term “eligible establishment” means an establishment that is in compliance with--
The term “meat item” means--
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary, in coordination with the appropriate State agency of the State in which an establishment is located, may select the establishment to ship carcasses, portions of carcasses, and meat items in interstate commerce, and place on each carcass, portion of a carcass, and meat item shipped in interstate commerce a Federal mark, stamp, tag, or label of inspection, if--
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary, in coordination with an appropriate State agency, shall not select an establishment that--
(iii) was a State establishment as of the date of the enactment of this section that--
The Secretary shall designate an employee of the Federal Government as State coordinator for each appropriate State agency--
If a State coordinator determines that any selected establishment that is under the jurisdiction of the State coordinator is in violation of any requirement of this chapter, the State coordinator shall--
Not earlier than 3 years, nor later than 5 years, after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of the implementation of this section to determine--
Not later than 180 days after the effective date described in subsection (j), the Secretary shall establish in the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture a technical assistance division to coordinate the initiatives of any other appropriate agency of the Department of Agriculture to provide--
The technical assistance division shall be comprised of individuals that, as determined by the Secretary--
The Secretary may provide grants to appropriate State agencies to assist the appropriate State agencies in helping establishments covered by subchapter III of this chapter to transition to selected establishments.
(Mar. 4, 1907, c. 2907, Title V, § 501, as added May 22, 2008, Pub.L. 110-234, Title XI, § 11015(a), 122 Stat. 1363, and June 18, 2008, Pub.L. 110-246, § 4(a), Title XI, § 11015(a), 122 Stat. 1664, 2124.)
§ 691. Omitted HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Section, Pub.L. 90-201, § 17, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 600; Pub.L. 103-437, § 8(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588, which required the Secretary of Agriculture to report annually to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on to the slaughter of animals and the processing and distribution of carcasses and products, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to Pub.L. 104-66, § 3003, as amended, which is set out as a note under 31 U.S.C.A. § 1113. See, also, page 46 of House Document No. 103-7.
§ 692. Inspection extended to reindeer The provisions of the meat inspection law may be extended to the inspection of reindeer.
(June 30, 1914, c. 131, 38 Stat. 420.)
§ 693. Inspection of dairy products for export The Act of March 3, 1891, as amended, for the inspection of live cattle and products thereof, shall be deemed to include dairy products intended for exportation to any foreign country, and the Secretary of Agriculture may apply, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, the provisions of said Act for inspection and certification appropriate for ascertaining the purity and quality of such products, and may cause the same to be so marked, stamped, or labeled as to secure their identity and make known in the markets of foreign countries to which they may be sent from the United States their purity, quality, and grade; and all the provisions of said Act relating to live cattle and products thereof for export shall apply to dairy products so inspected and certified.
(May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 254.)
§ 694. Authorization of appropriations Annual appropriations of the sum of $3,000,000 from the general fund of the Treasury are authorized for the expenses of the inspection of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats and the meat and meat food products thereof which enter into interstate or foreign commerce and for all expenses necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act relating to meat inspection, including rent and the employment of labor in Washington and elsewhere, for each year, and in addition there is authorized to be appropriated such other sums as may be necessary in the enforcement of the meat inspection laws.
(June 30, 1906, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 679; June 26, 1934, c. 756, § 2, 48 Stat. 1225.)
§ 695. Payment of cost of meat-inspection service; exception The cost of inspection rendered on and after July 1, 1948, under the requirements of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat and meat food products shall be borne by the United States except the cost of overtime and holiday pay paid pursuant to section 2219a of Title 7.
(June 5, 1948, c. 423, 62 Stat. 344; May 13, 2002, Pub.L. 107-171, Title X, § 10703(c)(2), 116 Stat. 517.)