Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§613 Plans and reassessments
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - MEAT INSPECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING › § 613
Summary
Require inspected meat establishments to keep up-to-date recall procedures for all products, document every reassessment of their process-control plans, and give those procedures and reassessed plans to inspectors if asked.
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §613
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The Secretary shall require that each establishment subject to inspection under this chapter shall, at a minimum—
(1)prepare and maintain current procedures for the recall of all meat or meat food products produced and shipped by the establishment;
(2)document each reassessment of the process control plans of the establishment; and
(3)upon request, make the procedures and reassessed process control plans available to inspectors appointed by the Secretary for review and copying.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 613, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 13, formerly 11th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 13 and amended Pub. L. 90–201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592, related to inspectors of animals for export and certificates of condition, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508. Section was formerly classified to section 81 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.
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Citation
21 U.S.C. § 613
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73