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# 21 U.S.C. § 616 - Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition
## Text
For the purpose of section 615 of this title the Secretary may appoint inspectors who shall be authorized to give an official certificate stating the condition in which said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, and the meat thereof, are found.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title I, § 16, formerly 14th par., 34 Stat. 1263; renumbered § 16 and amended Pub. L. 90201, §§ 1, 3(b), 12(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, 588, 592.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 84 of this title.
Amendments1967—Pub. L. 90201, §§ 3(b), 12(a), struck out “of Agriculture” after “Secretary”, and included horses, mules, or other equines in the list of animals.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1967 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90201 effective Dec. 15, 1967, except that with respect to equines (other than horses) and their carcasses and parts thereof, meat, and meat food products thereof, amendment effective upon expiration of sixty days after Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20(b) of Pub. L. 90201, set out as an Effective Date note under section 601 of this title.