21 U.S.C. § 609
Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared during nighttime
United States · Title 21 — FOOD AND DRUGS · Status: effective
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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.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Futures Trading Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006