21 USC 617 – Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certificate
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No clearance shall be given to any vessel having on board any fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed beef, mutton, pork, goat or equine meat for export to and sale in a foreign country from any port in the United States, until the owner or shipper thereof shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the provisions of this chapter a certificate that the said amenable species were sound and healthy at the time of inspection, and that their meat is sound and wholesome, unless the Secretary shall have waived the requirements of such certificate for the country to which said amenable species or meats are to be exported.
Terms Used In 21 USC 617
- amenable species: means &mdash. See 21 USC 601
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate. See 21 USC 601
- United States: means the States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories of the United States. See 21 USC 601
- vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3