Volume 72
Public Law 85–867
To provide further protection against the Introduction and dissemination of livestock diseases, and for other purposes.
Approved September 2, 1958
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide further protection against the Introduction and dissemination of livestock diseases, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That paragraphs (a) and (c) of section 306 of the Act approved June 17, 1930 (46 Stat. 689; 19 U.S.C. 1306 (a) and (c)) are amended by deleting the word “domestic” each time it appears in said paragraphs and said paragraph (a) is amended (1) by deleting the phrase “beef, veal, mutton, lamb, or pork,” and substituting therefor the phrase “meat of such animals,”; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: “Provided, That wild ruminants or swine may be imported from any such country upon such conditions, including post entry conditions, to be prescribed in import permits or in regulations, as the Secretary may impose for the purpose of preventing the dissemination of said diseases into or within the United States: And provided further, That the subsequent distribution, maintenance, and exhibition of such animals in the United States shall be limited to zoological parks approved by said Secretary as meeting such standards as he may by regulation prescribe for the purpose of preventing the dissemination of said diseases into or within the United States. The Secretary may at any time seize and dispose of any such animals which are not handled in accordance with the conditions imposed by him or which are distributed to or maintained or exhibited at any place in the United States which is not then an approved zoological park, in such manner as he deems necessary for said purpose”.
Approved September 2, 1958.