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[CITE: 21USC105]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
         CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--IMPORTATION OF CATTLE AND QUARANTINE
 
Sec. 105. Inspection of animals

    The Secretary of Agriculture may cause careful inspection of any 
imported animals described in this subchapter, to ascertain whether such 
animals are infected with contagious diseases or have been exposed to 
infection so as to be dangerous to other animals, which shall then 
either be placed in quarantine or dealt with according to the 
regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. All food, litter, manure, 
clothing, utensils, and other appliances that have been so related to 
such animals on board ship as to be judged liable to convey infection 
shall be dealt with according to the regulations of the Secretary of 
Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture may cause inspection to be 
made of all animals described in this subchapter intended for 
exportation, and provide for the disinfection of all vessels engaged in 
the transportation thereof, and of all barges or other vessels used in 
the conveyance of such animals intended for export to the ocean steamer 
or other vessels, and of all attendants and their clothing, and of all 
headropes and other appliances used in such exportation, by such orders 
and regulations as he may prescribe; and if, upon such inspection, any 
such animals shall be adjudged, under the regulations of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, to be infected or to have been exposed to infection so 
as to be dangerous to other animals, the Secretary may prohibit or 
restrict their placement upon any vessel for exportation; the expense of 
all the inspection and disinfection provided for in this section to be 
borne by the owners of the vessels on which such animals are exported.

(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 839, Sec. 10, 26 Stat. 417; Pub. L. 103-182, title 
III, Sec. 361(c), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2122; Pub. L. 103-465, title 
IV, Sec. 431(i), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4969.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning act Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 839, 26 Stat. 415, as amended, 
which is classified to sections 18 and 101 to 105 of this title and 
section 181 of Title 19, Customs Duties. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Tables.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-465 struck out subsec. (a) heading ``In general'', 
in first sentence, substituted ``The'' for ``Except as provided in 
subsection (b) of this section, the'' and ``may cause careful inspection 
of any'' for ``shall cause careful inspection to be made by a suitable 
officer of all'', in third sentence, substituted ``the Secretary may 
prohibit or restrict their placement'' for ``they shall not be allowed 
to be placed'', and struck out heading and text of subsec. (b). Prior to 
amendment, text read as follows: ``The Secretary of Agriculture, in 
accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may issue, may waive 
any provision of subsection (a) of this section in the case of shipments 
between the United States and Canada or Mexico.''
    1993--Pub. L. 103-182 inserted section catchline, designated 
existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading and exception to 
subsec. (b), and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective, except as otherwise 
provided, on the date of entry into force of the World Trade 
Organization Agreement with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], 
see section 451 of Pub. L. 103-465, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 3601 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 104, 136a of this title; 
title 16 section 1540.
