Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-102
§625 Inapplicability of Certain Requirements to Catfish
Title 21 › CHAPTER 12 — MEAT INSPECTION › SUBCHAPTER I — INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING › § 625
Summary
Sections 603, 604, 605, 610(b), and 623 don't apply to fish in 601(w)(2).
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §625
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the requirements of section 603, 604, 605, 610(b), and 623 of this title shall not apply to any fish described in section 601(w)(2) of this title.
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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “not apply to any fish described in section 601(w)(2) of this title.” for “not apply to catfish.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2014 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113–79 effective as if enacted as part of section 11016(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, see section 12106(c) of Pub. L. 113–79, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.
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, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.
Reference
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Citation
21 U.S.C. § 625
Title 21, Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102