21 USC § 616 - Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition

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title: "21 USC § 616 - Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "616"
section_name: "Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 16, formerly 14th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 16 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592.)"
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# § 616. Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition

section 615 of this title

For the purpose of  the Secretary may appoint inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official certificate stating the condition in which said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, and the meat thereof, are found.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 16, formerly 14th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 16 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to .

### Amendments

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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 .