21 U.S.C. § 617
Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certificate
United States · Title 21 — FOOD AND DRUGS · Status: effective
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- 21 U.S.C. § 617, Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certificate, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/454564
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No clearance shall be given to any vessel having on board any fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed beef, mutton, pork, goat or equine meat for export to and sale in a foreign country from any port in the United States, until the owner or shipper thereof shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the provisions of this chapter a certificate that the said amenable species were sound and healthy at the time of inspection, and that their meat is sound and wholesome, unless the Secretary shall have waived the requirements of such certificate for the country to which said amenable species or meats are to be exported.
Legislative history
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- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006