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[CITE: 21USC612]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
 
Sec. 612. Inspection of animals for export

    The Secretary shall cause to be made a careful inspection of all 
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines intended 
and offered for export to foreign countries at such times and places, 
and in such manner as he may deem proper, to ascertain whether such 
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are free 
from disease.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, Sec. 12, formerly 10th par., 34 Stat. 
1263; renumbered Sec. 12 and amended Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 1, 3(b), 
12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 80 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1967--Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 3(b), 12(a), struck out ``of 
Agriculture'' after ``Secretary'' and included horses, mules, and other 
equines in the list of animals, respectively.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 613 of this title; title 16 
section 1540.
