21 U.S.C. § 605 — Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry

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Carcasses and meat products brought into a slaughtering, packing, or similar facility must be inspected first. This applies before they enter processing, and also when products return to such a facility. The Secretary may limit what enters an inspected facility to meet this law's purposes.

These inspection rules apply to all carcasses, or parts of carcasses, of covered animal species, and to meat or meat products from them. This applies whenever these items are brought into a slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar facility.

The carcasses or parts must be inspected before entering the part of the facility where they will be made into meat food products.

The same rules apply to meat food products that already left such a facility. This applies when they are brought back to that facility, or to a similar one, where this inspection is done.

The Secretary may limit which carcasses, parts, meat, meat food products, and other materials can enter an inspected facility. The Secretary sets whatever conditions are needed to make sure entry of these items fits the purposes of this law.

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- Citation: 21 U.S.C. § 605, addressing examination of carcasses entering and meat food products returning to slaughtering/packing establishments - Original enactment: Act of Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 5 (formerly 3rd paragraph), 34 Stat. 1261 - Length: 173 words in current body text - Amendment history: Renumbered and amended by Pub. L. 90–201 (Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592), then further amended by Pub. L. 109–97 (Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166), totaling 2 amendments - Source-credit references: 3 distinct statutory citations noted in the source credit (1907 original, 1967 amendment, 2005 amendment)

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The foregoing provisions shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of amenable species or the meat or meat products thereof which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, and such examination and inspection shall be had before the said carcasses or parts thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products; and the foregoing provisions shall also apply to all such products, which, after having been issued from any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained. The Secretary may limit the entry of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products, and other materials into any establishment at which inspection under this subchapter is maintained, under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 5, formerly 3rd par., 34 Stat. 1261; renumbered § 5 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 5, 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 798[(a)](1), Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2166.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1907Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907 · 34 Stat. 1261
1967Amended · Pub. L. 90-201 · 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592
2005Amended · Pub. L. 109-97 · 119 Stat. 2166

The record shows this section originated as an unnumbered paragraph within the Act of March 4, 1907, chapter 2907, title I, section 5, 34 Stat. 1261. The source credit indicates it was later formally renumbered as section 5 and amended by Public Law 90–201, sections 1, 5, and 12(a), enacted December 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592. A further amendment came from Public Law 109–97, title VII, section 798(a)(1), enacted November 10, 2005, 81 Stat. 2166. Beyond these two amendment events, the credit does not detail the substantive changes made at each stage. The 1907 act is commonly understood to be part of the federal government's early twentieth-century response to public concern over unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, a concern heightened by contemporaneous journalistic exposés and public health worries. The broader statute of which this section was part is generally described as establishing a federal meat inspection system intended to ensure that meat entering commerce met basic sanitary standards. The record does not establish the specific legislative purpose behind this particular provision governing examination of carcasses and reentry of meat products into establishments, nor does it document the reasoning behind the 1967 or 2005 amendments. Any more specific account of Congressional intent for this section would be speculative and is not supported by the materials provided.

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