Notes on poultry and poultry products inspection : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on poultry and poultry products inspection : US Code - Notes

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451. Congressional statement of findings.
452. Congressional declaration of policy.
453. Definitions.
454. Federal and State cooperation in development and
administration of State poultry product inspection
programs.
(a) State laws; planning, technical and financial
assistance; advisory committees.
(b) Appropriate State agency; performance of
functions by subordinate governmental unit.
(c) Intrastate activities; designation of State for
regulation; publication of designation;
exempted operations; termination of
designation; review of operations in
nondesignated States; annual report.
(d) "State" defined.
455. Inspection in official establishments.
(a) Ante mortem inspection.
(b) Post mortem inspection; quarantine,
segregation, and reinspection.
(c) Condemnation; appeal; reprocessing.
456. Operation of premises, facilities and equipment.
(a) Sanitary practices.
(b) Refusal of inspection.
457. Labeling and container standards.
(a) Requirements for shipping containers and
immediate containers; nonconsumer packaged
carcasses.
(b) Labeling requirements; definitions and
standards of identity or composition or
articles and standards of fill of container;
standards consistent with Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act; consistency between Federal
and State standards.
(c) Use of trade names; false or misleading marking
or labeling; misleading form or size of
container.
(d) Withholding use of false or misleading mark,
label, or container size or form;
modification; hearing; conclusiveness of
determination; appeal.
458. Prohibited acts.
459. Compliance by all establishments.
460. Miscellaneous activities subject to regulation.
(a) Prohibition of inspection of articles not
intended for use as human food; denaturation
or other identification prior to distribution
in commerce; inedible articles.
(b) Recordkeeping requirements; persons liable;
scope of disclosure; access to places of
business; examination of records, facilities,
and inventories; copies; samples.
(c) Registration of business, name of person, and
trade names.
(d) Regulation of transactions, transportation, or
importation of dead, dying, disabled or
diseased poultry or carcasses to prevent use
as human food.
(e) Federal provisions applicable to State or
Territorial business transactions of a local
nature and not subject to local authority.
461. Offenses and punishment.
(a) Violations; liability of agents, employees, and
employers.
(b) Liability of carrier.
(c) Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain
persons; murder; punishments.
462. Reporting of violations; notice; opportunity to
present views.
463. Rules and regulations.
(a) Storage and handling of poultry products;
violation of regulations.
(b) Other necessary rules and regulations.
(c) Oral presentation of views.
464. Exemptions.
(a) Persons exempted.
(b) Territorial exemption.
(c) Personal slaughtering; custom slaughtering;
name and address of the poultry producer or
processor in lieu of other labeling
requirements; small enterprises; slaughterers
or processors of specified number of turkeys;
poultry producers raising poultry on own
farms.
(d) Pizzas containing poultry products.
(e) Applicability of adulteration and misbranding
provisions to articles exempted from
inspection.
(f) Suspension or termination of exemption.
465. Limitations upon entry of poultry products and other
materials into official establishments.
466. Imports.
(a) Compliance with standards and regulations;
status after importation.
(b) Rules and regulations; destruction and
exportation of refused imports.
(c) Storage, cartage and labor charges for imports
refused admission.
(d) Domestic standards and processing facilities
applicable; enforcement.
467. Inspection services.
(a) Refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business
unfitness based upon certain convictions;
persons responsibly connected with the
business.
(b) Hearing to determine validity of withdrawal or
refusal of inspection services; continuation
of withdrawal or refusal.
(c) Finality and conclusiveness of determination;
judicial review; record.
467a. Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial
proceedings; notification of government authorities;
release; removal of official marks.
467b. Seizure and condemnation.
(a) Proceedings in rem; libel of information;
jurisdiction; disposal by destruction or sale;
proceeds into the Treasury; sales
restrictions; bonds; court costs and fees,
storage, and other expenses against claimants;
jury trial; United States as plaintiff.
(b) Condemnation or seizure under other provisions
unaffected.
467c. Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and
injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases;
limitations; United States as plaintiff; subpenas.
467d. Administration and enforcement; applicability of
penalty provisions; conduct of inquiries; power and
jurisdiction of courts.
467e. Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated
matters; prohibition of additional or different
requirements for establishments with inspection
services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and
ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements;
concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human
food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and
imported articles; other matters.
467f. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applications.
(a) Exemptions; authorities under food, drug, and
cosmetic provisions unaffected.
(b) Enforcement proceedings; detainer authority of
representatives of Secretary of Health and
Human Services.
468. Cost of inspection; overtime.
469. Authorization of appropriations.
470. Omitted.
471. Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel.
(a) Review and evaluation.
(b) Reports.