Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-110
§456 Operation of Premises, Facilities and Equipment
Title 21 › CHAPTER 10 — POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION › § 456
Summary
Require poultry slaughtering and processing plants to keep premises, equipment, and operations clean under sanitary rules the Secretary creates to stop unsafe poultry from entering or moving in commerce. If a plant fails, the Secretary must refuse inspection.
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Title 21, §456
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(a)Sanitary practices
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)Refusal of inspection
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.
Legislative History
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.
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Citation
21 U.S.C. § 456
Title 21, Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110