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PUBLIC LAW 90-492-AUG. 18, 1%8

be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Whoever kills any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this Act shall be punished as provided under sections 1111 and 1114 of title 18, United States Code.'' SEC. 13. (a) Section 14 of said Act (21 U.S.C. 463) is herebv amended by designating the present provisions thereof as paragraph (b); by inserting the word "other" before the word "rules" in said paragraph; and by adding a new paragraph (a) to read: " (a) The Secretary may by regulations prescribe conditions under which poultry products capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled b j any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for commerce, or importing, such articles, whenever the Secretary deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited. (b) Section 14 of said Act is further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) In applying the provisions of section 553(c) of title 5, United States Code, to proposed rule making under this Act, an opportunity for the oral presentation of views shall be accorded all interested persons." SEC. 14. Section 15 of said Act (21 U.S.C. 464) is hereby amended as follows: (a) I n paragraph (a), subparagraph (1) is deleted and Subparagraphs (2), (3), and (4) are redesignated, respectively, as subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3); (b) I n paragraph (a), in redesignated subparagraph (2) (formerly (3)), the date "July 1, 1960" is deleted and the date "January 1, 1970" is substituted therefor; (c) Paragraph (b) is redesignated as paragraph (e) and new paragraphs (b), (c),and (d) are added to read: " (b) The Secretary may, under such sanitary conditions as he may by regulations prescribe, exempt from the inspection requirements of this Act the slaughter of poultry, and the processing of poultry products, by any person in any Territory not organized with a legislative body, solely for distribution within such Territory, when the Secretary determines that it is impracticable to provide such inspection within the limits of funds appropriated for administration of this Act and that such exemption will aid in the effective administration of this Act. "(c)(1) The Secretary shall, by regulation and under such conditions, including sanitary standards, practices, and procedures, as he may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this Act— " (A) the slaughtering by any person of poultry of his own raising, and the processing by him and transportation in commerce of the poultry products exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees; '^(B) the custom slaughter by any person of poultry delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter, and the processing by such slaughterer and transportation in commerce of the poultry products exclusively for use, in the household of such owner, by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees: Provided, That such custom slaughterer does not

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