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21 U.S.C. 623: Exemptions from inspection requirements

Created in 1967 by Public Law 90-201. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

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

1991Pub. L. 102-237

1970Pub. L. 91-342

1967Pub. L. 90-201created it

21 U.S.C. 623Exemptions from inspection requirements

(a)Personal slaughtering and custom slaughtering for personal, household, guest, and employee uses

(b)Territorial exemption; refusal, withdrawal, or modification

(c)Pizzas containing meat food products

(d)Adulteration and misbranding provisions applicable to inspection-free articles

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

1991

Pub. L. 102–237 added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d). · (c), (d)

1970

Pub. L. 91–342 changed proviso so as to permit custom slaughterers to conduct a separate inspected meat business, continued the exemption for owners to slaughter and process their own animals for their own use, authorized the Secretary to exempt custom slaughtering and processing perfo… · (a)

1967

Pub. L. 90–201, §11, substituted provisions for personal, custom, and territorial slaughtering exemptions and for application of adulteration and misbranding provisions to inspection-free articles for farmer definition and retail butcher and retail dealer exemption provisions.

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.