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[CITE: 21USC641]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
 
Sec. 641. Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not 
        intended for use as human food; denaturation or other 
        identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible 
        articles
        
    Inspection shall not be provided under subchapter I of this chapter 
at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, 
horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or 
parts or products of such animals, which are not intended for use as 
human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or 
transportation in commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be 
denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the 
Secretary to deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or 
corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or 
transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, or import, 
any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such 
animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are 
denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the 
Secretary or are naturally inedible by humans.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, Sec. 201, as added Pub. L. 90-201, 
Sec. 14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 593.)


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter effective Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20 of Pub. L. 90-
201, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.
