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[CITE: 21USC609]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
 
Sec. 609. Examination of animals and food products thereof, 
        slaughtered and prepared during nighttime
        
    The Secretary shall cause an examination and inspection of all 
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, 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 cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, or 
the preparation of said food products is conducted during the nighttime.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, Sec. 9, formerly 7th par., 34 Stat. 
1262; renumbered Sec. 9 and amended Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 1, 3, 12(a), 
Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Pub. L. 99-641, title IV, 
Sec. 403(d)(1), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3570.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 77 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-641 temporarily inserted ``, except as provided in 
section 606 of this title,'' after first reference to ``other equines, 
and''. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1986 Amendment note below.
    1967--Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 3, 12(a), struck out ``interstate or 
foreign'' before ``commerce'' and ``of Agriculture'' after ``Secretary'' 
and included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals, 
respectively.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1986 Amendment

    Section 403(d)(1) of Pub. L. 99-641 provided that the amendment made 
by that section is effective only during the 6-year period beginning 
Nov. 10, 1986.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-641 effective Nov. 10, 1986, except that 
this section as in effect immediately before Nov. 10, 1986, applies with 
respect to establishments until the Secretary of Agriculture first 
issues rules and regulations to implement the amendments made by section 
403(a) of Pub. L. 99-641 to section 606 of this title, see section 408 
of Pub. L. 99-641, set out as a note under section 606 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 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.


         Construction and Effect of Amendments by Pub. L. 99-641

    For provisions relating to construction and effect of temporary 
amendments by section 403 of Pub. L. 99-641, see sections 403(e) and 404 
of Pub. L. 99-641, set out as notes entitled ``Inspection Services for 
Establishments Not Participating in Total Plant Quality-Control 
Program'' and ``Savings Provision'', respectively, under section 606 of 
this title.
