21 USC § 615 - Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s615"
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title: "21 USC § 615 - Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "615"
section_name: "Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "MEAT INSPECTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 15, formerly 13th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 15 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.)"
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# § 615. Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export

The Secretary shall also cause to be made a careful inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all amenable species, the meat of which, fresh, salted, canned, corned, packed, cured, or otherwise prepared, is intended and offered for export to any foreign country, at such times and places and in such manner as he may deem proper.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 15, formerly 13th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 15 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to .

### Amendments

2005— substituted “amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines”.

1967—, §§ 3(b), 12(a), struck out “of Agriculture” after “Secretary” and included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals, respectively.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2005 Amendment

Amendment by  effective the day after 120 days after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , 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 , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .