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[CITE: 21USC672]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--MEAT INSPECTION
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--AUXILIARY PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 672. Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial 
        proceedings; notification of governmental authorities; release
        
    Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product 
of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any 
product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or any 
dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine 
is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon any 
premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after 
distribution in, commerce or otherwise subject to subchapter I or II of 
this chapter, and there is reason to believe that any such article is 
adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that 
it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of subchapter 
I of this chapter or of any other Federal law or the laws of any State 
or Territory, or the District of Columbia, or that such article or 
animal has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any 
such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period 
not to exceed twenty days, pending action under section 673 of this 
title or notification of any Federal, State, or other governmental 
authorities having jurisdiction over such article or animal, and shall 
not be moved by any person, firm, or corporation from the place at which 
it is located when so detained, until released by such representative. 
All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed 
from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary that the article or animal is eligible 
to retain such marks.

(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title IV, Sec. 402, as added Pub. L. 90-201, 
Sec. 16, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 598.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 159, 679 of this title.
