21 USC § 625 - Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s625"
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title: "21 USC § 625 - Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "625"
section_name: "Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish"
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, § 25, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1369, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2131; amended Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, § 12106(a)(3), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 981.)"
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# § 625. Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish

section 601(w)(2) of this title

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the requirements of sections 603, 604, 605, 610(b), and 623 of this title shall not apply to any fish described in .

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 25, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1369, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11016(b)(1)(C), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2131; amended Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, § 12106(a)(3), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 981.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

### Amendments

2014— substituted “not apply to any fish described in .” for “not apply to catfish.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if enacted as part of , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

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