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[CITE: 21USC619]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
 
Sec. 619. Marking, labeling, or other identification of kinds of 
        animals of articles' derivation; separate establishments for 
        preparation and slaughtering activities
        
    No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for 
sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any 
carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, 
or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and 
conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary to show the kinds of animals 
from which they were derived. When required by the Secretary, with 
respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this 
subchapter, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and 
meat food products shall be prepared in establishment separate from 
those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their 
carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, Sec. 19, formerly 17th par., 34 Stat. 
1264; renumbered Sec. 19 and amended Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 1, 9, Dec. 
15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 590.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 87 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1967--Pub. L. 90-201, Sec. 9, substituted provisions for marking, 
labeling, or other identification of kinds of animals whence the 
articles are derived and for separate establishments for preparation and 
slaughtering activities for prohibition against transportation or sale 
of meat or meat food products without complying with inspection 
provisions. See section 610(b) 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.
