MEAT INSPECTION
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Definitions
Congressional statement of findings
Examination of animals prior to slaughter; use of humane methods
Post mortem examination of carcasses and marking or labeling; destruction of carcasses condemned; reinspection
Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry
Inspection and labeling of meat food products
Labeling, marking, and container requirements
Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products
Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared during nighttime
Prohibited acts
Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations
Notification
Plans and reassessments
Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export
Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition
Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certificate
Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies
Marking, labeling, or other identification to show kinds of animals from which derived; separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities
Imports
Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations
Bribery of or gifts to inspectors or other officers and acceptance of gifts
Exemptions from inspection requirements
Storage and handling regulations; violations; exemption of establishments subject to non-Federal jurisdiction
Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish
Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates
Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles
Recordkeeping requirements
Registration of business, name of person, and trade names
Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4–D animals to prevent use as human food
Federal provisions applicable to State or Territorial business transactions of a local nature and not subject to local authority
Federal and State cooperation
Inspection services; refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; other provisions for withdrawal of services unaffected; responsible connection with business; finality of Secretary’s actions; judicial review; record
Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of governmental authorities; release
Seizure and condemnation
Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations of
Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons
Violations
Other Federal laws applicable for administration and enforcement of chapter; location of inquiries; jurisdiction of Federal courts
Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters
Application of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel
Pasteurization of meat and poultry
Expansion of Food Safety Inspection Service activities
Authorization of appropriations
Interstate shipment of meat inspected by Federal and State agencies for certain small establishments
Inspection extended to reindeer
Inspection of dairy products for export
Authorization of appropriations
Payment of cost of meat-inspection service; exception