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[CITE: 21USC616]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
 
Sec. 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.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, Sec. 16, formerly 14th par., 34 Stat. 
1263; renumbered Sec. 16 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 84 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1967--Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 3(b), 12(a), struck out ``of 
Agriculture'' after ``Secretary'', and included horses, mules, or 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.
