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[CITE: 21USC613]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
 
Sec. 613. Inspectors of animals for export; certificates of 
        condition
        
    For the purpose of section 612 of this title the Secretary may 
appoint inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official 
certificate clearly stating the condition in which such cattle, sheep, 
swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are found.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, Sec. 13, formerly 11th par., 34 Stat. 
1263; renumbered Sec. 13 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 81 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.


                    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 title 16 section 1540.
