21 U.S.C. § 605 : US Code - Section 605: Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry

Search 21 U.S.C. § 605 : US Code - Section 605: Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry

The foregoing provisions shall apply to all carcasses or parts of
carcasses of amenable species or the meat or meat products thereof
which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting,
packing, rendering, or similar establishment, and such examination
and inspection shall be had before the said carcasses or parts
thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the
same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products; and the
foregoing provisions shall also apply to all such products, which,
after having been issued from any slaughtering, meat-canning,
salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, shall be
returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such
inspection is maintained. The Secretary may limit the entry of
carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products, and
other materials into any establishment at which inspection under
this subchapter is maintained, under such conditions as he may
prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into
such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes
of this chapter.