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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Chapter 15 — Egg Products Inspection

§ 1032. Congressional declaration of policy

Statutory text

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to provide for the inspection of certain egg products, restrictions upon the disposition of certain qualities of eggs, and uniformity of standards for eggs, and otherwise regulate the processing and distribution of eggs and egg products as hereinafter prescribed to prevent the movement or sale for human food, of eggs and egg products which are adulterated or misbranded or otherwise in violation of this chapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Egg Products Inspection Act

    Pub. L. 91–597 § 3 · 84 Stat. 1620

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 1032

    (Pub. L. 91–597, § 3, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1621.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 91–597, § 3, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1621.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. declaration of policy It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to provide for the inspection of certain egg products, restrictions upon the disposition of certain qualities of eggs, and uniformity of standards for eggs, and otherwise regulate the processing and distribution of eggs and egg products as hereinafter prescribed to prevent the movement or sale for human food, of eggs and egg products which are adulterated or misbranded or otherwise in violation of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 91–597, , 84 Stat. 1620, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1031 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

For effective date of this section, see section 29 of Pub. L. 91–597, set out as a note under section 1031 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 91–597, § 3, , 84 Stat. 1621.)

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