Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 12 — Meat Inspection
§ 610. Prohibited acts
Statutory text
No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals—
Slaughtering animals or preparation of articles capable of use as human food
slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food at any establishment preparing any such articles for commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter;
Humane methods of slaughter
slaughter or handle in connection with slaughter any such animals in any manner not in accordance with the Act of (72 Stat. 862; 7 U.S.C. 1901–1906);
Sales, transportation, and other transactions
sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, (1) any such articles which (A) are capable of use as human food and (B) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (2) any articles required to be inspected under this subchapter unless they have been so inspected and passed;
Adulteration or misbranding
do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.
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.
Pub. L. 59–2907 · 34 Stat. 1256
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 610
Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 10, formerly 8th par., 34 Stat. 1262
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 10, formerly 8th par., 34 Stat. 1262Pub. L. 90–201 § 7 · 81 Stat. 584
Changed · 21 U.S.C. § 610
Pub. L. 90–201, § 7, included the list of animals and prohibited, except in compliance with requirements of this chapter, slaughtering animals or preparation of articles capable of use as human food, sales, transportation, and other transactions, and acts of adulteration or misbranding, incorporating in subsec. (b)(2) existing prohibition on distributions in interstate or foreign commerce of noninspected articles
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 90–201, § 7, included the list of animals and prohibited, except in compliance with requirements of this chapter, slaughtering animals or preparation of articles capable of use as human food, sales, transportation, and other transactions, and acts of adulteration or misbranding, incorporating in subsec. (b)(2) existing prohibition on distributions in interstate or foreign commerce of noninspected articles.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. Section 10 of said Act (21 U.S.C. 78) is hereby amended to read: “Sec. 10. No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals— “(a) slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles Slaughtering of animals. which are capable of use as human food at any establishment preparing any such articles for commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this Act; “(b) sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive Sale and transportation of meat. for transportation, in commerce, (1) any such articles which (A) are capable of use as human food and (B) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (2) any articles required to be inspected under this title unless they have been so inspected and passed; “(c) do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.”Pub. L. 95–445 § 3 · 92 Stat. 1069
Added · 21 U.S.C. § 610(b)(d)
Pub. L. 95–445 added subsec. (b)
Redesignated · 21 U.S.C. § 610(b)(d)
Pub. L. 95–445 redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 95–445 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. Section 10 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 610) is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection (b) as follows: “(b) slaughter or handle in connection with slaughter any such animals in any manner not in accordance with the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 862; 7 U.S.C. 1901–1906);”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–445 effective one year after Oct. 10, 1978, and an additional eighteen month period thereafter in hardship cases, see section 7 of Pub. L. 95–445, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 603 of this title.
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of , referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 85–765, , 72 Stat. 862, which is classified generally to chapter 48 (§ 1901 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Sections 1903 and 1905 of Title 7, included within reference to Act of , were repealed by Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(b), , 92 Stat. 1069, effective as set forth in section 7 of Pub. L. 95–445, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 603 of this title.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 78 of this title.
Amendments1967–1978 · 2 rounds
1978
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 95–445 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.
1967
Pub. L. 90–201, § 7, included the list of animals and prohibited, except in compliance with requirements of this chapter, slaughtering animals or preparation of articles capable of use as human food, sales, transportation, and other transactions, and acts of adulteration or misbranding, incorporating in subsec. (b)(2) existing prohibition on distributions in interstate or foreign commerce of noninspected articles.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–445 effective one year after , and an additional eighteen month period thereafter in hardship cases, see section 7 of Pub. L. 95–445, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 603 of this title.
Effective Date of 1967 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 90–201 effective , except that subsecs. (b)(1) and (c) of this section effective upon expiration of sixty days after , see section 20(a) of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of this title.
Credits
1907–1978 · 3 acts
- 1907Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 10, formerly 8th par., 34 Stat. 1262
- 1967renumbered § 10 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 7, , 81 Stat. 584, 589
- 1978Pub. L. 95–445, § 3, , 92 Stat. 1069.
Show as published
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 10, formerly 8th par., 34 Stat. 1262; renumbered § 10 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 7, , 81 Stat. 584, 589; Pub. L. 95–445, § 3, , 92 Stat. 1069.)