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§3802 Definitions

Title 7 › Chapter 69— SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION › § 3802

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. "Garbage" means waste that comes from meat, fish, poultry, or other animal materials and any refuse mixed with them from handling, preparing, cooking, or eating food, but does not include ordinary household waste that is fed directly to swine on the same property. "Person" means any individual or legal entity, like a corporation, partnership, or association. "State" includes the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §3802

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For purposes of this chapter—
(1)the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture;
(2)the term “garbage” means all waste material derived in whole or in part from the meat of any animal (including fish and poultry) or other animal material, and other refuse of any character whatsoever that has been associated with any such material, resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food, except that such term shall not include waste from ordinary household operations which is fed directly to swine on the same premises where such household is located;
(3)the term “person” means any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock company or other legal entity; and
(4)the term “State” means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories and possessions of the United States.

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Amendments

1980—Par. (4). Pub. L. 96–592 added par. (4).

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 3802

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60