CHAPTER 12 — Meat Inspection
51 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING 26 sections
- § 601. — Definitions
- § 602. — Congressional statement of findings
- § 603. — Examination of animals prior to slaughter; use of humane methods
- § 604. — Post mortem examination of carcasses and marking or labeling; destruction of carcasses condemned; reinspection
- § 605. — Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry
- § 606. — Inspection and labeling of meat food products
- § 607. — Labeling, marking, and container requirements
- § 608. — Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products
- § 609. — Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared during nighttime
- § 610. — Prohibited acts
- § 611. — Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations
- § 612. — Notification
- § 613. — Plans and reassessments
- § 614. — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508
- § 615. — Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export
- § 616. — Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition
- § 617. — Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certificate
- § 618. — Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies
- § 619. — Marking, labeling, or other identification to show kinds of animals from which derived; separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities
- § 620. — Imports
- § 621. — Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations
- § 622. — Bribery of or gifts to inspectors or other officers and acceptance of gifts
- § 623. — Exemptions from inspection requirements
- § 624. — Storage and handling regulations; violations; exemption of establishments subject to non-Federal jurisdiction
- § 625. — Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish
- § 626. — Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates
SUBCHAPTER II — MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES 5 sections
- § 641. — Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles
- § 642. — Recordkeeping requirements
- § 643. — Registration of business, name of person, and trade names
- § 644. — Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4–D animals to prevent use as human food
- § 645. — Federal provisions applicable to State or Territorial business transactions of a local nature and not subject to local authority
SUBCHAPTER III — FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER IV — AUXILIARY PROVISIONS 13 sections
- § 671. — Inspection services; refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; other provisions for withdrawal of services unaffected; responsible connection with business; finality of Secretary’s actions; judicial review; record
- § 672. — Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of governmental authorities; release
- § 673. — Seizure and condemnation
- § 674. — Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations of section 607(e) of this title
- § 675. — Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons
- § 676. — Violations
- § 677. — Other Federal laws applicable for administration and enforcement of chapter; location of inquiries; jurisdiction of Federal courts
- § 678. — Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters
- § 679. — Application of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- § 679a. — Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel
- § 679b. — Pasteurization of meat and poultry
- § 679c. — Expansion of Food Safety Inspection Service activities
- § 680. — Authorization of appropriations