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title: "21 U.S.C. § 157"
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title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
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chapter_name: "VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, ANTITOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS"
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# 21 U.S.C. § 157 - Inspection
## Text
Any officer, agent, or employee of the Department of Agriculture duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose may, at any hour during the daytime or nighttime, enter and inspect any establishment where any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals is prepared for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid.
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 833; Pub. L. 99198, title XVII, § 1768(d), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1655.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification See note set out under section 151 of this title. Another section 1768 of Pub. L. 99198, cited as a credit to this section, amended section 136y of Title 7, Agriculture.
Amendments1985—Pub. L. 99198 struck out “licensed under this chapter” after “enter and inspect any establishment”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1985 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99198 effective Dec. 23, 1985, except as otherwise provided, see section 1768(f) of Pub. L. 99198, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.
Transfer of Functions For transfer of functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under this chapter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.