§153 — Title 21 Food and Drugs | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can have the Bureau of Animal Industry inspect imported viruses, serums, toxins, and similar products used on domestic animals. If those products are found to be unsafe, contaminated, useless, or harmful, they will be refused entry and either destroyed or sent back at the owner's or importer's expense.

Title 21, §153

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cause the Bureau of Animal Industry to examine and inspect all viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, which are being imported or offered for importation into the United States, to determine whether such viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products are worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, and if it shall appear that any such virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, is worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, the same shall be denied entry and shall be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner or importer.

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Editorial Notes

Codification See note set out under section 151 of this title.

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Transfer of Functions

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Transfer of Functions

of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under this chapter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

§153 Inspection of imports; denial of entry and destruction

Summary

Title 21, §153

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Editorial Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of Functions

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