Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 464 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 464 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 85-172, Sec. 15, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 447; Pub. L. 90-
492, Sec. 14, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 803; Pub. L. 97-206, June
30, 1982, 96 Stat. 136; Pub. L. 102-237, title X, Sec. 1016(b),
Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1903.)
AMENDMENTS
1991 - Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 102-237 added subsec. (d),
redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e) and substituted "(d)" for
"(c)", and redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f).
1982 - Par. (c)(3). Pub. L. 97-206, Sec. 1, substituted
provisions that no exemption would be given to persons who during
the current calendar year either slaughter or process the products
of more than 20,000 poultry, or slaughter or process such poultry
at a facility of another poultry producer or person, but that, in
the latter case, the Secretary may grant the exemption upon
application of such poultry producer or person if granting such
exemption would not impair the purposes of this chapter, for
provisions that an exemption would not be granted to those who
slaughter or process the products of more than 5,000 turkeys or an
equivalent number of poultry of all species in the current calendar
year (four birds of other species being deemed equivalent of one
turkey).
Par. (c)(4)(i). Pub. L. 97-206, Sec. 2, substituted "1,000
poultry during the calendar year for which this exemption is being
determined" for "250 turkeys, or not more than an equivalent number
of birds of all species during the calendar year for which this
exemption is being determined (four birds of other species being
deemed the equivalent of one turkey)".
1968 - Par. (a). Pub. L. 90-492, Sec. 14(a), (b), redesignated
subpars. (2) to (4) as (1) to (3), respectively, and in subpar.
(2), as so redesignated, substituted "January 1, 1970" for "July 1,
1960". Former subpar. (1), which exempted poultry producers with
respect to poultry of their own raising on their own farms which
they sold directly to household consumers, hotels, etc., for use in
their own dining rooms or in the preparation of meals for sales
direct to consumers only, provided that such producers did not
engage in buying or selling poultry products other than those
produced from poultry raised on their own farms, was struck out.
Pars. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 90-492, Sec. 14(c), added pars. (b) to
(d) and redesignated former par. (b) as (e).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-492 effective upon the expiration of
sixty days after Aug. 18, 1968, see section 20(b) of Pub. L. 90-
492, set out as a note under section 451 of this title.
REGULATIONS
Section 1016(c) of Pub. L. 102-237 provided that: "No later than
August 1, 1992, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue final
rules, through prior notice and comment rulemaking procedures, to
implement the exemption authorized by section 23(c) of the Federal
Meat Inspection Act [21 U.S.C. 623(c)] (as added by subsection (a))
and the exemption authorized by section 15(d) of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act [21 U.S.C. 464(d)] (as added by subsection
(b)). Prior to the issuance of the final rules, the Secretary shall
hold at least one public hearing examining the public health and
food safety issues raised by the granting of each of the
exemptions."
STUDIES CONCERNING GRANT OF FUTURE EXEMPTIONS FOR POULTRY AND MEAT
FOOD PRODUCTS
Section 1016(d) of Pub. L. 102-237 directed Secretary of
Agriculture in consultation with National Academy of Sciences to
conduct a study on meat food and poultry products inspection
exemptions under Federal Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Products
Inspection Act and a study on an exemption from requirements of
such Acts for certain wholesale meat outlets selling to hotels and
other similar institutional users not later than 24 months after
Dec. 13, 1991, and on completion of each study to provide the
results to Committee on Agriculture of House of Representatives and
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of Senate.