21 USC § 613 - Plans and reassessments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s613"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 613 - Plans and reassessments"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "613"
section_name: "Plans and reassessments"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "MEAT INSPECTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 13, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, § 11017(a), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1370, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11017(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2132.)"
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# § 613. Plans and reassessments

The Secretary shall require that each establishment subject to inspection under this chapter shall, at a minimum—

**(1)** prepare and maintain current procedures for the recall of all meat or meat food products produced and shipped by the establishment;

**(2)** document each reassessment of the process control plans of the establishment; and

**(3)** upon request, make the procedures and reassessed process control plans available to inspectors appointed by the Secretary for review and copying.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 13, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, § 11017(a), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1370, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11017(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2132.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 613, acts , title I, § 13, formerly 11th par., ; renumbered § 13 and amended , §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), , , 588, 592, related to inspectors of animals for export and certificates of condition, prior to repeal by , , . Section was formerly classified to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of  by  effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under , Agriculture.