For the purpose of section 615 of this title the Secretary may appoint inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official certificate stating the condition in which said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, and the meat thereof, are found.
21 U.S.C. § 616
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 84 of this title.
AMENDMENTS1967- Pub. L. 90-201, §§3(b), 12, struck out "of Agriculture" after "Secretary", and included horses, mules, or other equines in the list of animals.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 90-201 effective Dec. 15, 1967, 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 Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20(b) of Pub. L. 90-201 set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of this title.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate.
- official certificate
- The term "official certificate" means any certificate prescribed by regulations of the Secretary for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this chapter.