21 U.S.C. § 644 : US Code - Section 644: Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4-D animals to prevent use as human food

Search 21 U.S.C. § 644 : US Code - Section 644: Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4-D animals to prevent use as human food

No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of
buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, dead,
dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses
of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy,
sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for
transportation, in commerce, or import, any dead, dying, disabled,
or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other
equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died
otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction,
transportation or importation is made in accordance with such
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to assure that such
animals, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be
prevented from being used for human food purposes.