Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§392 Exemption of meats and meat food products
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 392
Summary
Meats and meat food products are not covered by this chapter when the Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, as amended [21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.] applies. Nothing in this chapter changes or replaces section 351 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 262] (about viruses, serums, toxins for people), the 1913 Act provisions on similar animal products [21 U.S.C. 151 et seq.], the Filled Cheese Act of June 6, 1896, the Filled Milk Act of March 4, 1923 [21 U.S.C. 61 et seq.], or the Import Milk Act of February 15, 1927 [21 U.S.C. 141 et seq.].
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §392
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(a)Meats and meat food products shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent of the application or the extension thereto of the Meat Inspection Act, approved March 4, 1907, as amended [21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.].
(b)Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as in any way affecting, modifying, repealing, or superseding the provisions of section 351 of Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 262] (relating to viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products applicable to man); the virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products provisions, applicable to domestic animals, of the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 832–833) [21 U.S.C. 151 et seq.]; the Filled Cheese Act of June 6, 1896 (U.S.C., 1934 ed., title 26, ch. 10), the Filled Milk Act of March 4, 1923 [21 U.S.C. 61 et seq.]; or the Import Milk Act of February 15, 1927 [21 U.S.C. 141 et seq.].
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Meat Inspection Act, approved March 4, 1907, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, titles I to IV, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub. L. 90–201, 81 Stat. 584, which are classified generally to subchapters I to IV (§ 601 et seq.) of chapter 12 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 601 of this title and Tables. Act of March 4, 1913, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, 37 Stat. 828. The provisions of such act referred to relating to viruses, etc., applicable to domestic animals, are contained in the eighth paragraph under the heading “Bureau of Animal Industry”, 37 Stat. 832, as amended, popularly known as the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, which is classified generally to chapter 5 (§ 151 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 151 of this title and Tables. The Filled Cheese Act of
June 6, 1896 (U.S.C., 1934 ed., title 26, ch. 10), referred to in subsec. (b), is act
June 6, 1896, ch. 337, 29 Stat. 253, which had been classified to chapter 10 (§ 1000 et seq.) of Title 26, Internal Revenue, and included as chapter 17 (§ 2350 et seq.) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1939. Such chapter 17 was covered by section 4831 et seq. of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, prior to the repeal of section 4831 et seq. of Title 26 by Pub. L. 93–490, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1466. The Filled Milk Act of
March 4, 1923, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, 42 Stat. 1486, which is classified generally to chapter 3 (§ 61 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 61 of this title and Tables. The Import Milk Act of February 15, 1927, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, 44 Stat. 1101, which is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 141 et seq.) of chapter 4 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 141 of this title and Tables. Codification Subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section comprise respectively subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 1002 of act
June 25, 1938. Subsecs. (a) and (d) of section 1002 of act
June 25, 1938, which prescribed the
Effective Date
of this chapter and made appropriations available, are set out as notes under section 301 of this title and this section, respectively.
Amendments
1968—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–399 substituted “section 351 of Public Health Service Act (relating to viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products applicable to man); the virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products provisions, applicable to domestic animals, of the Act of Congress approved
March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 832–833);” for “the virus, serum, and toxin Act of
July 1, 1902 (U.S.C., 1934 ed., title 42, chap. 4);”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1968 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90–399 effective on first day of thirteenth calendar month after July 13, 1968, see section 108(a) of Pub. L. 90–399, set out as an
Effective Date
and Transitional Provisions note under section 360b of this title. Availability of AppropriationsAct
June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1002(d), formerly § 902(d), 52 Stat. 1059; renumbered § 1002(d), Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2),
June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784, provided that: “In order to carry out the provisions of this Act which take effect [see section 1002(a) of act
June 25, 1938, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 301 of this title] prior to the repeal of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, as amended [former sections 1 to 5 and 7 to 15 of this title], appropriations available for the
Enforcement
of such Act of June 30, 1906, are also authorized to be made available to carry out such provisions.”
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21 U.S.C. § 392
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
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