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[CITE: 21USC618]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
 
Sec. 618. Delivery of inspectors' certificates, and of copies

    The inspectors provided for under this subchapter shall be 
authorized to give official certificates of the condition of the cattle, 
sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, their carcasses 
and products as described in this subchapter; and one copy of every 
certificate granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be filed 
in the Department of Agriculture, another copy shall be delivered to the 
owner or shipper, and when the cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, 
mules, and other equines, or their carcasses and products are sent 
abroad, a third copy shall be delivered to the chief officer of the 
vessel on which the shipment shall be made.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, Sec. 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 
1263; renumbered Sec. 18 and amended Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 1, 12(a), 
(h), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 592.)

                          Codification

    ``Provided for under this subchapter'', and ``described in this 
subchapter'' was in the original ``provided for herein'' and ``herein 
described'', respectively.
    Section was formerly classified to section 86 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1967--Pub. L. 90-201, Sec. 12(a), (h), included horses, mules, and 
other equines in the list of animals and struck out ``sound and 
wholesome'' before ``conditions'', 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.
