21 U.S.C. § 621

Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations

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The Secretary shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make examination and inspection of all amenable species, inspection of which is hereby provided for and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats and meat food products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products hereinbefore described are prepared; and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated; and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this chapter and by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said Secretary; and said Secretary shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this chapter, shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said Secretary not inconsistent with provisions of this chapter.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2022 · leading case: United States v. Espy, Alphonso M., 145 F.3d 1369 (D.C. Cir. 1998).
United States v. Espy, Alphonso M., 145 F.3d 1369 (D.C. Cir. 1998). “§ 620 (e) (1994); and the “Secretary shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this subchapter” 21 U.S.C. § 621 (1994). The Act was passed in response to Upton Sinclair’s famous book The Jungle,…”
Cmty. Nutrition Inst. v. John R. Block, Sec'y of Agric., 749 F.2d 50 (D.C. Cir. 1984). “This appeal ensued. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.”
Zayler v. Dep't of Agric., 391 F.3d 629 (5th Cir. 2004). “See 21 U.S.C. § 621 . USDA also canceled its contract with Supreme Beef for the provision of beef for the National School Lunch Program.”
Pub. Citizen, Claudia Silverman & Sidney M. Wolfe v. Carol Tucker Foreman, Assistant Sec'y, Dep't of Agric., 631 F.2d 969 (D.C. Cir. 1980). “The Secretary of Agriculture has authority, under 21 U.S.C. § 621 (1976), to issue rules and regulations implementing the provisions of the Meat Inspection Act.”
Moyer Packing Co. v. United States, 567 F. Supp. 2d 737 (E.D. Pa. 2008). “38,806 (July 25, 1996); see 21 U.S.C. § 621 (granting the Secretary authority to “make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution” of the FMIA).”
United States v. 2,116 Boxes of Boned Beef, 516 F. Supp. 321 (D. Kan. 1981). “§ 602 ; 21 U.S.C. § 621 . When the Secretary of Agriculture exercises his statutory authority to set standards and prescribe conduct under the Meat Inspection Act, he “must do so in accordance with the substantive rule making provisions of the APA.”
Pub. Citizen v. Foreman, 471 F. Supp. 586 (D.D.C. 1979). · cites it 2× “” The Secretary is obliged under 21 U.S.C. §§ 621 , 603 & 605, to inspect all meats and meat food products, including meat coming from swine, to determine whether or not the items are “adulterated.”
Chakonas v. City of Chicago, 42 F.3d 1132 (7th Cir. 1994). “Nestor Chakonas, a former district commander of the Chicago Police Department, sued the City of Chicago, the City of Chicago Police Department and various city officials *1134 for the termination of his employment in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 21…”
Ofelia Canals v. Archdiocese of Miami, Inc., 200 F. App'x 881 (11th Cir. 2006). “We discern no error in the entry of judgment as a matter of law on Canals’s other claims under Florida law, or the entry of final judgment, consistent with the jury’s verdict, on Canals’s claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA”), 21 U.S.C. §§ 621 et…”
FPL Food, LLC v. United States Dep't of Agric., 671 F. Supp. 2d 1339 (S.D. Ga. 2009). “21 U.S.C. § 621 . The USDA has delegated its inspection and enforcement authority under the Act to the Federal Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).”
United States v. Schaffer, Archibald, 183 F.3d 833 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “As part of the Secretary’s general obligations to protect the health and welfare of the consuming public from unwholesome or adulterated meat, the Act directs that the Secretary shall “make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution” of its…”
Nat'l Pork Producers Council v. Bergland, 631 F.2d 1353 (8th Cir. 1980). “Section 21 of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 621 , gives the agency broad authority to implement the statute: “[The] Secretary shall * * * make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this Act.”
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