§ 1902. Humane methods

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. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–765 § 2 · 72 Stat. 862

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1902

   Pub. L. 85–765, § 2, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 862

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 85–765, § 2, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 862

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. No method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the United States unless it is humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane: (a) in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or (b) by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.

2. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–445 § 5(a) · 92 Stat. 1069

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 1902(b)

   Pub. L. 95–445 inserted “and handling in connection with such slaughtering” at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (b). Pub. L. 95–445 inserted “and handling in connection with such slaughtering” at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. The Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 862; 7 U.S.C. 1901–1906) is amended by— (a) inserting before the period at the end of section 2(b) “and 7 USC 1902. handling in connection with such slaughtering”; (b) repealing sections 3, 4(c), and 5; Repeals. 7 USC 1903–1905. 7 USC 1904. (c) striking out “for purposes of section 3 hereof” in section 4 (b); (d) inserting “and” after the semicolon at the end of section 4 (a); and (e) striking out the semicolon at the end of section 4(b) and inserting a period in lieu thereof.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 95–445 effective one year after Oct. 10, 1978, and nonapplicability during not to exceed additional 18 months in hardship cases, see sec. 7 of Pub. L. 95–445 set out as a note under section 603 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.

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