1 1 This table of contents is not part of the Act but is included for user convenience. The numbers in brackets refer to the corresponding section number in title 21, United States Code. FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT [Public Law 90-201] [As Amended Through P.L. 117–286, Enacted December 27, 2022] øCurrency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 90-201. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https:// www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/¿ øNote: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).¿ [The short title of this Act is the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The Act was substantially amended by the Wholesome Meat Act (Public Law 90–201; 81 Stat. 584), which, in general, designated existing provisions for meat inspection as the ‘‘Federal Meat In- spection Act’’ and as title I of that Act, and added titles II, III, and IV to that Act.] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 TITLE I—INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING Sec. 1. ø601.¿ Definitions. 2. ø602.¿ Congressional statement of findings. 3. ø603.¿ Inspection of meat and meat food products. 4. ø604.¿ Post mortem examination of carcasses and marking or labeling; destruc- tion of carcasses condemned; reinspection. 5. ø605.¿ Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establish- ments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry. 6. ø606.¿ Examination and inspection of meat food products. 7. ø607.¿ Labeling, marking, and container requirements. 8. ø608.¿ Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establish- ments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products. 9. ø609.¿ Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and pre- pared during nighttime. 10. ø610.¿ Prohibited acts. 11. ø611.¿ Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations. 12. ø612.¿ Notification. 13. ø613.¿ Plans and reassessments. 14. ø614.¿ Repealed. 15. ø615.¿ Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export. 16. ø616.¿ Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certifi- cates of condition. VerDate Nov 24 2008 15:31 Feb 01, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 9001 Sfmt 6611 G:\COMP\AGMISC\FMIA.BEL HOLC February 1, 2023 G:\COMP\AGMISC\FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT.XML As Amended Through P.L. 117-286, Enacted December 27, 2022
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