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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Chapter 12 — Meat Inspection

§ 618. Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies

Statutory text

The inspectors provided for under this subchapter shall be authorized to give official certificates of the condition of the carcasses and products of amenable species; and one copy of every certificate granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, another copy shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, and when the amenable species, or their carcasses and products are sent abroad, a third copy shall be delivered to the chief officer of the vessel on which the shipment shall be made.

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. Pub. L. 59–2907 · 34 Stat. 1256

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 618

    Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263

  2. Pub. L. 90–201 § 12(a) · 81 Stat. 584

    Struck · 21 U.S.C. § 618

    Pub. L. 90–201, § 12(a), (h), included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals and struck out “sound and wholesome” before “conditions”, respectively

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 90–201, § 12(a), (h), included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals and struck out “sound and wholesome” before “conditions”, respectively.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) deleting the phrase “cattle, sheep, swine, and goats” and the phrase “cattle, sheep, swine, or goats” wherever they appear in title I of the Act and substituting therefor, respectively, the phrase “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” and the phrase “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines”;

  3. Pub. L. 107–171 title X § 10418(b)(4) · 116 Stat. 134

    Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 618

    Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “of the carcasses and products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” for “of the cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, their carcasses and products as described in this subchapter”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “of the carcasses and products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” for “of the cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, their carcasses and products as described in this subchapter”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) Section 18 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 618) is amended by striking “of the cattle” and all that follows through “as herein described” and inserting “of the carcasses and products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines”.

  4. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

    Pub. L. 109–97 title VII § 798 · 119 Stat. 2120

    Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 618

    Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” in two places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” in two places.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 798. Amenable Species.— The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended— (1) 21 USC 603–605, 608, 609, 615, 617, 618, 620, 621. 21 USC 601. by striking “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” each place it appears and inserting “amenable species”; (2) in section 1, by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w) The term ‘amenable species’ means— “(1) those species subject to the provisions of this Act on the day before the date of the enactment of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006; and “(2) any additional species of livestock that the Secretary considers appropriate.” ; and (3) in section 21 USC 619. 19— (A) by striking “horses, mules, or other equines” and inserting “species designated by regulations in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006”; and (B) by striking “cattle, sheep, swine, or goats” and inserting “other amenable species”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the day after the effective date of section 794 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 109–97 effective the day after 120 days after Nov. 10, 2005, see section 798(b) of Pub. L. 109–97, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

“Provided for under this subchapter” was in the original “provided for herein”.

Section was formerly classified to section 86 of this title.

Amendments1967–2005 · 3 rounds

2005

Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” in two places.

2002

Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “of the carcasses and products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” for “of the cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, their carcasses and products as described in this subchapter”.

1967

Pub. L. 90–201, § 12(a), (h), included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals and struck out “sound and wholesome” before “conditions”, respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2005 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 109–97 effective the day after 120 days after , see section 798(b) of Pub. L. 109–97, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 90–201 effective , except that with respect to equines (other than horses) and their carcasses and parts thereof, meat, and meat food products thereof, amendment effective upon expiration of sixty days after , see section 20(b) of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of this title.

Credits

1907–2005 · 4 acts
  1. 1907Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263
  2. 1967renumbered § 18 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 12(a), (h), , 81 Stat. 584, 592
  3. 2002Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(b)(4), , 116 Stat. 508
  4. 2005Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), , 119 Stat. 2166.
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(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 18 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 12(a), (h), , 81 Stat. 584, 592; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(b)(4), , 116 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), , 119 Stat. 2166.)

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