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[CITE: 21USC621]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING
 
Sec. 621. Inspectors to make examinations provided for; 
        appointment; duties; regulations
        
    The Secretary shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make 
examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, 
mules, and other equines, inspection of which is hereby provided for and 
of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats and meat food 
products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments 
in which such meat and meat food products hereinbefore described are 
prepared; and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label 
any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, 
prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same 
shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated; and 
shall perform such other duties as are provided by this chapter and by 
the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said Secretary; and said 
Secretary shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as 
are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this 
chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this chapter, 
shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and 
regulations prescribed by said Secretary not inconsistent with 
provisions of this chapter.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, Sec. 21, formerly 19th par., 34 Stat. 
1264; renumbered Sec. 21 and amended Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 1, 3(b), 
12(a), (i), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592, 593; Pub. L. 99-641, 
title IV, Sec. 403(d)(2), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3570.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 89 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-641 temporarily substituted ``thereof, and of meat 
food products'' for ``and meat food products'', which substitution was 
made for the first such reference as the probable intent of Congress. 
See Effective and Termination Dates of 1986 Amendment note below.
    1967--Pub. L. 90-201, Secs. 3(b), 12(a), (i), struck out ``of 
Agriculture'' after ``Secretary'' in four places, included horses, 
mules, and other equines in the list of animals, and substituted ``not 
adulterated'' for ``sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food, 
and to contain no dyes, chemicals, preservatives, or ingredients which 
render such meat food product unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or 
unfit for human food; and to have been prepared under proper sanitary 
conditions, hereinbefore provided for'', respectively.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1986 Amendment

    Section 403(d)(2) of Pub. L. 99-641 provided that the amendment made 
by that section is effective only during the 6-year period beginning on 
Nov. 10, 1986.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-641 effective Nov. 10, 1986, except that 
this section as in effect immediately before Nov. 10, 1986, applies with 
respect to establishments until the Secretary of Agriculture first 
issues rules and regulations to implement the amendments made by section 
403(a) of Pub. L. 99-641 to section 606 of this title, see section 408 
of Pub. L. 99-641, set out as a note under section 606 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.


         Construction and Effect of Amendments by Pub. L. 99-641

    For provisions relating to construction and effect of temporary 
amendments by section 403 of Pub. L. 99-641, see sections 403(e) and 404 
of Pub. L. 99-641, set out as notes entitled ``Inspection Services for 
Establishments Not Participating in Total Plant Quality-Control 
Program'' and ``Savings Provision'', respectively, under section 606 of 
this title.
