Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 455 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 455 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 85-172, Sec. 6, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 443; Pub. L. 90-
492, Sec. 6, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 798.)
AMENDMENTS
1968 - Par. (a). Pub. L. 90-492, Sec. 6(a), substituted "of, or
the burdening of commerce by, any poultry product which is capable
of use as human food and is adulterated," for "or a designated
major consuming area of any poultry product which is unwholesome or
adulterated," "each official establishment" for "any official
establishment", and "otherwise subject to inspection under this
chapter" for "in, or for marketing in a designated city or area".
Par. (b). Pub. L. 90-492, Sec. 6(b), substituted "segregation,
and reinspection" for "segregation, reinspection", and "otherwise
subject to inspection under this chapter" for "in, or for marketing
in a designated city or area", and inserted "capable of use as
human food" after "necessary of poultry and poultry products".
Par. (c). Pub. L. 90-492, Sec. 6(c), inserted "other" before
"poultry products", and substituted "to be adulterated" for "to be
unwholesome or adulterated", "made not adulterated" for "made not
unwholesome and not adulterated", and "to be not adulterated" for
"to be not unwholesome and not adulterated".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-492 effective Aug. 18, 1968, see section
20 of Pub. L. 90-492, set out as a note under section 451 of this
title.
APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER REQUIREMENTS TO BIRDS OF THE ORDER RATITAE
Pub. L. 106-387, Sec. 1(a) [title VII, Sec. 752], Oct. 28, 2000,
114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-41, provided that: "Effective 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 2000] and
continuing for the remainder of fiscal year 2001 and each
subsequent fiscal year, establishments in the United States that
slaughter or process birds of the order Ratitae, such as ostriches,
emus and rheas, and squab, for distribution in commerce as human
food shall be subject to the ante mortem and post mortem
inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements of the
Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) rather than
the voluntary poultry inspection program of the Department of
Agriculture under section 203 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622)."