U.S. Code » Title 21 » Chapter CHAPTER 10— POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION

21 U.S.C. § 456

Operation of premises, facilities and equipment

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(a) Sanitary practices

Each official establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry products for commerce or otherwise subject to inspection under this chapter shall have such premises, facilities, and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the Secretary for the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in commerce or burdensome effect upon commerce, of poultry products which are adulterated.

(b) Refusal of inspection

The Secretary shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.

(Pub. L. 85–172, § 7, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 444; Pub. L. 90–492, § 7, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 799.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1968—Par. (a). Pub. L. 90–492 substituted “otherwise subject to inspection under this chapter” for “in or for marketing in a designated major consuming area”, “burdensome effect upon commerce” for “in a designated major consuming area”, and “which are adulterated” for “which are unwholesome or adulterated”.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of 1968 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 90–492 effective Aug. 18, 1968, see section 20 of Pub. L. 90–492, set out as a note under section 451 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2026 · leading case: Dawkins Ex Rel. Est. of Dawkins v. United States, 226 F. Supp. 2d 750 (M.D.N.C. 2002).
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Dawkins Ex Rel. Est. of Dawkins v. United States, 226 F. Supp. 2d 750 (M.D.N.C. 2002). “§ 451 ; see also 21 U.S.C. §§ 456 , 463. Pursuant to the PPIA, the Secretary of Agriculture promulgated detailed regulations governing poultry inspection and sanitation at poultry-processing plants and charged the FSIS with implementing these regulations.”
Nw. Selecta, Inc. v. Gonzalez-Beiro, 145 F.4th 9 (1st Cir. 2025). “That definition, plus the references to slaughtering and processing in 21 U.S.C. § 456 and select regulatory provisions, the PRDA asserts, show that the PPIA "does not regulate matters .”
Foster Poultry Farms, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, 161 F. Supp. 3d 932 (E.D. Cal. 2016). · cites it 2× “See 21 U.S.C. § 456 (b) (“The Secretary shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.”
Upside Foods Inc v. Comm'r, Florida Dep't of Agric. an (11th Cir. 2026). “, 21 U.S.C. §§ 456 (authorizing regulations of premises, facilities, and equipment); 457 (outlining labeling and container standards); 458 (outlining prohibited acts in poultry processing, transport, and sale).”
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