§ 619. Marking, labeling, or other identification to show kinds of animals from which derived; separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities

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. 1907

   Pub. L. 59–2907 · 34 Stat. 1256

   Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 619

   Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 19, formerly 17th par., 34 Stat. 1264

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 19, formerly 17th par., 34 Stat. 1264

2. 1967

   Pub. L. 90–201 § 9 · 81 Stat. 584

   Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 619

   Pub. L. 90–201, § 9, substituted provisions for marking, labeling, or other identification of kinds of animals whence the articles are derived and for separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities for prohibition against transportation or sale of meat or meat food products without complying with inspection provisions. See section 610(b) of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 90–201, § 9, substituted provisions for marking, labeling, or other identification of kinds of animals whence the articles are derived and for separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities for prohibition against transportation or sale of meat or meat food products without complying with inspection provisions. See section 610(b) of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 9. The present provisions of section 19 of said Act (21 U.S.C. 87) are hereby deleted and the following new provisions are substituted therefor: “Sec. 19. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the Secretary, with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this title, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall lie prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.”

3. 2005

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

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

   1. Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 619

      Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “species designated by regulations in effect on the day before November 10, 2005,” for “horses, mules, or other equines”

   2. Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 619

      Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “other amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, or goats”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “species designated by regulations in effect on the day before November 10, 2005,” for “horses, mules, or other equines” and “other amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, or goats”.

   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.

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