21 U.S.C. § 679b
Pasteurization of meat and poultry
United States · Title 21 — FOOD AND DRUGS · Status: effective
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- 21 U.S.C. § 679b, Pasteurization of meat and poultry, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/454593
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Effective beginning not later than 30 days after May 13, 2002, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct an education program regarding the availability and safety of processes and treatments that eliminate or substantially reduce the level of pathogens on meat, meat food products, poultry, and poultry products.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
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.
- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002