21 U.S.C. § 616

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 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.

21 U.S.C. § 616

Mar. 4, 1907ch. 2907, title I, §16Mar. 4, 1907, 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

CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 84 of this title.

AMENDMENTS1967- Pub. L. 90-201, §§3(b), 12, struck out "of Agriculture" 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 expiration 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.

Secretary

The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate.

official certificate

The term "official certificate" means any certificate prescribed by regulations of the Secretary for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this chapter.