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

Summary

Plants that slaughter or process poultry for sale or that are inspected by the government must have proper buildings, equipment, and clean sanitary practices set by the Secretary to keep unsafe or contaminated poultry out of commerce. If a plant does not meet those rules, the Secretary will refuse to inspect it.

Title 21, §456

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(a)Each official establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry products for commerce or otherwise subject to inspection under this chapter shall have such premises, facilities, and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the Secretary for the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in commerce or burdensome effect upon commerce, of poultry products which are adulterated.

(b)The Secretary shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1968—Par. (a). Pub. L. 90–492 substituted “otherwise subject to inspection under this chapter” for “in or for marketing in a designated major consuming area”, “burdensome effect upon commerce” for “in a designated major consuming area”, and “which are adulterated” for “which are unwholesome or adulterated”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1968 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90–492 effective Aug. 18, 1968, see section 20 of Pub. L. 90–492, set out as a note under section 451 of this title.

§456 Operation of Premises, Facilities and Equipment