Author:

71st Congress, Sess. 2, 1930  Search this

Subject:

United States. Secretary of Agriculture  Search this

Physical description:

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 590, 689

Type:

Public Law

Date:

1931

06/17/1930

Category:

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information:

46 Stat. 590

Title 19, Sec. 1306

Public Law

Citation information:

Statutes at Large

Notes:

References are made to the Meat Inspection Amendment, 34 Stat.674 (1906) and to the Food and Drugs Act, 34 Stat. 768 (1906).

Summary:

The importation of cattle, sheep, or other domestic ruminants, or swine, or of fresh, chilled, or frozen beef, veal, mutton, lamb, or pork is prohibited from any foreign country where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists. No meat of any kind shall be imported into the United States unless such meat is healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.

Contained within:

46 Stat. 590 (1930); ch. 497 (Book)

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Agriculture--Laws and legislation  Search this

Foot-and-mouth disease  Search this

Foreign trade regulation  Search this

Import quotas  Search this

Meat inspection  Search this

Rinderpest  Search this

Publisher:

Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

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