21 U.S.C. § 610 : US Code - Section 610: Prohibited acts

Search 21 U.S.C. § 610 : US Code - Section 610: Prohibited acts

No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or
any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of
any such animals -
(a) Slaughtering animals or preparation of articles capable of
use as human food
slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which
are capable of use as human food at any establishment preparing
any such articles for commerce, except in compliance with the
requirements of this chapter;
(b) Humane methods of slaughter
slaughter or handle in connection with slaughter any such
animals in any manner not in accordance with the Act of August
27, 1958 (72 Stat. 862; 7 U.S.C. 1901-1906);
(c) Sales, transportation, and other transactions
sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive
for transportation, in commerce, (1) any such articles which (A)
are capable of use as human food and (B) are adulterated or
misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for
sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (2) any
articles required to be inspected under this subchapter unless
they have been so inspected and passed;
(d) Adulteration or misbranding
do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use
as human food, any act while they are being transported in
commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is
intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to
be adulterated or misbranded.