21 U.S.C. § 644

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 644 - Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4-D animals to prevent use as human food

No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, or import, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction, transportation or importation is made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to assure that such animals, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.

21 U.S.C. § 644

Mar. 4, 1907ch. 2907, title II, §204Mar. 4, 1907, as added Pub. L. 90-201, §14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 594.
Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate.
commerce
The term "commerce" means commerce between any State, any Territory, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or within any Territory not organized with a legislative body, or the District of Columbia.
firm
The term "firm" means any partnership, association, or other unincorporated business organization.