Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§3807 General Enforcement Provisions

Title 7 › Chapter 69— SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION › § 3807

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must file a lawsuit when the Secretary asks to stop someone from breaking this chapter or to force them to follow its rules. The case goes in the proper United States district court — where the person lives, does business, or where the violation happened or is about to happen. Legal papers can be served in any district where the person lives, does business, or can be found. People covered by the chapter must let an authorized representative of the Secretary, after notice and at reasonable times, inspect their place, the garbage there, and their books and records, and allow copying and reasonable sampling. For enforcement and to give information to Congress, the provisions (including penalties) of sections 46 and 48 through 50 of title 15 apply to the Secretary’s powers and to anyone subject to this chapter, whether or not a corporation. The Secretary, or agents he names, may carry out needed investigations anywhere in the United States.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §3807

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(a)The Attorney General, upon the request of the Secretary, shall bring an action to enjoin the violation of, or to compel compliance with, any provision of this chapter or any regulation issued by the Secretary hereunder by any person. Such action shall be brought in the appropriate United States district court for the judicial district in which such person resides or transacts business or in which the violation or omission has occurred or is about to occur. Process in such cases may be served in any judicial district wherein the defendant resides or transacts business or wherever the defendant may be found.

(b)Any person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Secretary, afford such representative access to his premises or facility and opportunity to examine the premises or facility, the garbage there at, and books and records thereof, to copy all such books and records and to take reasonable samples of such garbage.

(c)For the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter, and in order to provide information for the use of Congress, the provisions (including penalties) of section 46 and 48 through 50 of title 15, are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Secretary in enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, whether or not a corporation. The Secretary, in person or by such agents as he may designate, may prosecute any inquiry necessary to his duties under this chapter in any part of the United States.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 3807

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60