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PUBLIC LAW 90-201-DEC. 15, 1967

[81 STAT.

Public Law 90-201 December 15, 1967 [H. R. 12144]

Wholesome Meat Act.

52 Stat. 1235. Federal Meat Inspection Act; designation; amendment.

Definitions.

AN ACT To clarify and otherwise amend the Meat Inspection Act, to provide for cooperation with appropriate State agencies with respect to State meat inspection programs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaMve^ of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the AVholesome Meat Act and that the provisions appearing under the subheading "FOR MEAT INSPECTION:" under the heading "BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY" in the Act approved March 4, 1907, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight" (34 Stat. 1260-1265, as amended; 21 U.S.C. 71-91), are hereby designated as the "Federal Meat Inspection Act"; the first twenty paragraphs thereof are hereby designated, respectively, as sections 3 through 22, and the twenty-first and twenty-second paragraphs thereof as section 23; and said sections 3 through 23 are hereby designated as " TITLE I — INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; A D U L T E R A T I O N AND M I S B R A N D I N G ". SEC. 2. The Federal Meat Inspection Act is hereby amended by adding, in title I, new sections 1 and 2 reading, respectively, as follows: "SECTION 1. As u.sed in this Act, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below: " (a) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate. " (b) The term 'firm' means any partnership, association, or other unincorporated business organization. "(c) The term 'meat broker' means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts 6f carcasses, meat, or meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other than for his own account or as an employee of another person, firm, or corporation. " (d) The term 'renderer' means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, except rendering conducted under inspection or exemption under title I of this Act. "(e) The term 'animal food manufacturer' means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines. "(f) The term 'State' means any State of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. " (g) The term 'Territory' means Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States, excluding the Canal Zone. " (h) The term 'commerce" means commerce between any State, any Territory, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or within any Territory not organized with a legislative body, or the District of Columbia. "(i) The term 'United States' means the States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories of the United States. " (j) The term 'meat food product' means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goats,

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