CITE

    21 USC Sec. 641                                             01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
    CHAPTER 12 - MEAT INSPECTION
    SUBCHAPTER II - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES

HEAD

    Sec. 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

STATUTE

      Inspection shall not be provided under subchapter I of this
    chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep,
    swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation
    of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, which are
    not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior
    to their offer for sale or transportation in commerce, unless
    naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified
    as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary to deter their use
    for human food. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell,
    transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for
    transportation, in commerce, or import, any carcasses, parts
    thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals, which are
    not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or
    otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the
    Secretary or are naturally inedible by humans.

SOURCE

    (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title II, Sec. 201, as added Pub. L. 90-
    201, Sec. 14, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 593.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

      Subchapter effective Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20 of Pub. L. 90-
    201, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.