21 U.S.C. § 608 : US Code - Section 608: Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products

Search 21 U.S.C. § 608 : US Code - Section 608: Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products

The Secretary shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation or
by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering,
meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar
establishments in which amenable species are slaughtered and the
meat and meat food products thereof are prepared for commerce as
may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary
conditions of the same, and to prescribe the rules and regulations
of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained;
and where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are
such that the meat or meat food products are rendered adulterated,
he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products to be
labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as "inspected and passed."