21 U.S.C. § 609 Examination of Animals and Food Products Thereof, Slaughtered and Prepared During Nighttime

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• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

The Secretary shall cause an examination and inspection of all amenable species, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described for the purposes of commerce to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when the slaughtering of said amenable species, or the preparation of said food products is conducted during the nighttime.

Cite as 21 U.S.C. § 609

Source: Mar. 4, 1907ch. 2907, title I, §9Mar. 4, 1907, formerly 7th par., 34 Stat. 1262; renumbered §9 and amended Pub. L. 90-201, §§1, 3, 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Pub. L. 99-641, title IV, §403(d)(1), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3570; Pub. L. 109-97, title VII, §798 [(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 77 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

2005- Pub. L. 109-97 substituted "amenable species" for "cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines" in two places.

1986- Pub. L. 99-641 temporarily inserted ", except as provided in section 606 of this title," after first reference to "other equines, and". See Effective and Termination Dates of 1986 Amendment note below.

1967- Pub. L. 90-201, §§3, 12, struck out "interstate or foreign" before "commerce" and "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 Pub. L. 109-97 effective the day after 120 days after Nov. 10, 2005, see section 798(b) of Pub. L. 109-97 set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1986 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 99-641, title IV, §403(d)(1), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3570, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective only during the 6-year period beginning Nov. 10, 1986.

Pub. L. 99-641, title IV, §408, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3571, provided that:

"(a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.-Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this title and the amendments made by this title [amending this section and sections 606, 621, 671, and 676 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 606, 621, 671, and 676 of this title] shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1986].