21 USC § 618 - Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies

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title: "21 USC § 618 - Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "618"
section_name: "Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies"
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, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 18 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 12(a), (h), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 592; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(b)(4), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.)"
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# § 618. Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies

The inspectors provided for under this subchapter shall be authorized to give official certificates of the condition of the carcasses and products of amenable species; and one copy of every certificate granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, another copy shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, and when the amenable species, or their carcasses and products are sent abroad, a third copy shall be delivered to the chief officer of the vessel on which the shipment shall be made.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 18, formerly 16th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 18 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 12(a), (h), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 592; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(b)(4), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Provided for under this subchapter” was in the original “provided for herein”.

Section was formerly classified to .

### Amendments

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

2002— substituted “of the carcasses and products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” for “of the cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, their carcasses and products as described in this subchapter”.

1967—, (h), included horses, mules, and other equines in the list of animals and struck out “sound and wholesome” before “conditions”, 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 .