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Ante. p. 797.

p.n.ities. 71 Stat. 446.

Ante, p. 793.

PUBLIC LAW 90-492-AUG. 18, 1968

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in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, or parts of the carcasses of any poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the Secretary, he has registered with the Secretary his name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he conducts such business. " (d) No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, or any parts of the carcasses of any f>oultry that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, or import, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry or parts of the carcasses of any poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction, transportation or importation is made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to assure that such poultry, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human f(K)d. "(e) The authority conferred on the Secretary by paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of this section with respect to persons engaged in the specified kinds of business in or for commerce may be exercised with respect to persons engaged, in any State or organized territory, in siich kinds of business but not in or for commerce, whenever the Secretary determines, after consultation with an appropriate advisory committcc provided for in section 5 of this Act, that the State or territory does not have at least equal authority under its laws or such authority is not exercised in a manner to effectuate the purposes of this Act, including the State or territory providing for the Secretary or his representative being afforded access to such places of business and the facilities, inventories, and records thereof, and the taking of reasonable samples, where he determines necessary in carrying out his responsibilities under this Act; and in such case the provisions of paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of this section, respectively, shall apply to such persons to the same extent and in the same manner as if they were engaged in such business in or for commerce and the transactions involved were in commerce." gjjc. 12. Section 12 of said Act (21 U.S.C. 4G1) is hereby amended « ^

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as tollows: (a) Paragraph (a) is amended by changing the first sentence to read: "Any person who violates the provisions of section 9,10,11,14, or 17 of this Act shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated (except as defined in section 4(g)(8) of this Act), such person shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both." (b) Paragraph (b) is amended by deleting the phrase "not otherwise eligible" and substituting the phrase "otherwise not eligible"; by deleting the word "slaughtered" each time it appears; and by adding the following before the period at the end of the paragraph: "or miless the carrier refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the Secretary the name and address of the person from whom he received such poultry or poultry products, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the poultry or poultry products tx) such carrier". (c) A new paragraph (c) is added to read: "(c) Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of thes performance of his official duties under this Act shall

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