7 USC § 398 - Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products; dissemination of test results

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title: "7 USC § 398 - Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products; dissemination of test results"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "398"
section_name: "Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products; dissemination of test results"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 101(d), 58 Stat. 734.)"
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# § 398. Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products; dissemination of test results

The Secretary of Agriculture may purchase in the open market from applicable appropriations samples of all tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, test the same, and disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 101(d), 58 Stat. 734.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Authorization of Appropriation

Authorization of appropriation of sums necessary for the purposes of this section, see note under .