Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§398 Purchase and Testing of Serums or Analogous Products; Dissemination of Test Results
Title 7 › CHAPTER 15 — BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › § 398
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture may buy samples of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and similar animal-disease products sold in the U.S. (domestic or foreign), test them, and publish the results.
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Title 7, §398
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of Agriculture may purchase in the open market from applicable appropriations samples of all tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, test the same, and disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best.
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Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 430 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Authorization of AppropriationAuthorization of appropriation of sums necessary for the purposes of this section, see note under section 395 of this title.
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7 U.S.C. § 398
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102