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title: "21 U.S.C. § 153"
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description: "Inspection of imports; denial of entry and destruction"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 21
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title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
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chapter_number: "5"
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chapter_name: "VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, ANTITOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS"
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section: "153"
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citation: "21 U.S.C. § 153"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc21@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s153"
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# 21 U.S.C. § 153 - Inspection of imports; denial of entry and destruction
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## Text
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cause the Bureau of Animal Industry to examine and inspect all viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, which are being imported or offered for importation into the United States, to determine whether such viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products are worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, and if it shall appear that any such virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, is worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, the same shall be denied entry and shall be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner or importer.
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(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 832.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification See note set out under section 151 of this title.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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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.
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