Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§156 Licenses conditioned on permitting inspection; suspension of licenses
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, ANTITOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS › § 156
Summary
Licenses for places that make viruses, serums, toxins, or similar products for animals must require the owner to let government inspectors look at the buildings, the products, and how they are made. After giving the license holder or importer a hearing, the Secretary of Agriculture can suspend or cancel a license or permit if it is being used to make, sell, or bring into the United States useless, contaminated, or dangerous products for treating animals.
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §156
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All licenses issued under authority of this chapter to establishments where such viruses, serums, toxins, or analogous products are prepared for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid, shall be issued on condition that the licensee shall permit the inspection of such establishments and of such products and their preparation; and the Secretary of Agriculture may suspend or revoke any permit or license issued under authority of said chapter, after opportunity for hearing has been granted the licensee or importer, when the Secretary of Agriculture is satisfied that such license or permit is being used to facilitate or effect the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid, or the importation into the United States of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals.
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References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, 37 Stat. 828, which enacted this chapter, section 155 and 393 of Title 7, Agriculture, section 316 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, section 501, 502, 512, 558, and 560 of Title 16, Conservation, and section 630 of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and amended section 83 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, and section 518 and 673 of Title 16. Section 316 of Title 15 was omitted from the Code as superseded by section 5701 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. section 630 of former Title 31 was repealed by act Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301(64), 64 Stat. 842. section 83 of former Title 5 was repealed and reenacted as section 5946 of Title 5 by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 514. For complete classification of act Mar. 4, 1913, to the Code, see Tables. Codification See note set out under section 151 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For
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.
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21 U.S.C. § 156
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73