Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73not60
§693 Inspection of Dairy Products for Export
Title 21 › Chapter 12— MEAT INSPECTION › Subchapter V— MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 693
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can use the 1891 cattle-inspection law to inspect, test, and certify dairy products that are sent to other countries. Under rules the Secretary makes, those dairy exports can be marked or labeled to show their identity, purity, quality, and grade, and the same export rules for cattle products apply to them.
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Title 21, §693
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The act of March 3, 1891, as amended, for the inspection of live cattle and products thereof, shall be deemed to include dairy products intended for exportation to any foreign country, and the Secretary of Agriculture may apply, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, the provisions of said act for inspection and certification appropriate for ascertaining the purity and quality of such products, and may cause the same to be so marked, stamped, or labeled as to secure their identity and make known in the markets of foreign countries to which they may be sent from the United States their purity, quality, and grade; and all the provisions of said act relating to live cattle and products thereof for export shall apply to dairy products so inspected and certified.
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March 3, 1891, referred to in text, is act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 555, 26 Stat. 1089, which was superseded by act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1260, as amended by act
June 29, 1938, ch. 810, 52 Stat. 1235 (formerly classified to section 71 et seq. of this title). Act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, was generally revised by Pub. L. 90–201, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, and is classified to this chapter. Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Meat Inspection Act which is classified to subchapters I to IV–A of this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 94a and 132 of this title.
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21 U.S.C. § 693
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
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Apr 5, 2026
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