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21 U.S.C. 607: Labeling, marking, and container requirements

Created in 1967 by Public Law 90-201. Changed by 2 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

1996Pub. L. 104-127

1979Pub. L. 96-88

1967Pub. L. 90-201created it

21 U.S.C. 607Labeling, marking, and container requirements

(a)Labeling receptacles or coverings of meat or meat food products inspected and passed; supervision by inspectors

(b)Information on articles or containers; legible form

(c)Labeling: type styles and sizes; definitions and standards of identity or composition; standards of fill of container; consistency of Federal and Federal-State standards

(d)Sales under false or misleading name, other marking or labeling or in containers of misleading form or size; trade names, and other marking, labeling, and containers approved by Secretary

(e)Use withholding directive respecting false or misleading marking, labeling, or container; modification of false or misleading matter; hearing; withholding use pending proceedings; finality of Secretary's action; judicial review; application of section 194 of title 7

(f)Lamb and mutton

(g)Newnew

This CongressBills that change it or would

S. 2233U.S.A. Beef Actintroduced

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

S. 2233 U.S.A. Beef Act · introduced · would change (g)

How it got here

1996

Pub. L. 104–127 added subsec. (f). Law text · (f)

1967

Pub. L. 90–201, §§3(a), 6(a), (b), struck out "interstate or foreign" before "commerce" and provisions prohibiting sales of meat or meat food products in interstate or foreign commerce under any false or deceptive names and permitting trade names or names which are usual to such produc… · (a)
Pub. L. 90–201, §6(c), added subsecs. (b) to (e). · (b), (c), (d), (e)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.