Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-102
§619 Marking, Labeling, or Other Identification to Show Kinds of Animals From Which Derived; Separate Establishments for Preparation and Slaughtering Activities
Title 21 › CHAPTER 12 — MEAT INSPECTION › SUBCHAPTER I — INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING › § 619
Summary
Any carcasses, parts, meat, or meat products from animal species listed in rules that were in effect the day before November 10, 2005, must be clearly labeled to show what animal they came from. If the Secretary requires it for inspected plants, those animals and products must be prepared in separate establishments from other covered species.
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §619
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No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses of species designated by regulations in effect on the day before November 10, 2005, or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the Secretary, with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this subchapter, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which other amenable species are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 87 of this title.
Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–97 substituted “species designated by
Regulations
in effect on the day before November 10, 2005,” for “horses, mules, or other equines” and “other amenable species” for “cattle, sheep, swine, or goats”. 1967—Pub. L. 90–201, § 9, substituted provisions for marking, labeling, or other identification of kinds of animals whence the articles are derived and for separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities for prohibition against transportation or sale of meat or meat food products without complying with inspection provisions. See section 610(b) of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2005 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 109–97 effective the day after 120 days after Nov. 10, 2005, see section 798(b) of Pub. L. 109–97, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1967 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L, 90–201 effective Dec. 15, 1967, except that with respect to equines (other than horses) and their carcasses and parts thereof, meat, and meat food products thereof, amendment effective upon expiration, of sixty days after Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20(b) of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 601 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
21 U.S.C. § 619
Title 21, Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102