---
kind: "unit"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
key: "ch12/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Inspection Requirements; Adulteration and Misbranding"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/ch12-schI"
sections_count: 26
---

# Subchapter I — Inspection Requirements; Adulteration and Misbranding

Title 21 — Food and Drugs › Chapter 12 — Meat Inspection

## Sections

- [§601. Definitions](/usc/21/601.md)
- [§602. Congressional statement of findings](/usc/21/602.md)
- [§603. Examination of animals prior to slaughter; use of humane methods](/usc/21/603.md)
- [§604. Post mortem examination of carcasses and marking or labeling; destruction of carcasses condemned; reinspection](/usc/21/604.md)
- [§605. Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry](/usc/21/605.md)
- [§606. Inspection and labeling of meat food products](/usc/21/606.md)
- [§607. Labeling, marking, and container requirements](/usc/21/607.md)
- [§608. Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products](/usc/21/608.md)
- [§609. Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared during nighttime](/usc/21/609.md)
- [§610. Prohibited acts](/usc/21/610.md)
- [§611. Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations](/usc/21/611.md)
- [§612. Notification](/usc/21/612.md)
- [§613. Plans and reassessments](/usc/21/613.md)
- [§614. Repealed.](/usc/21/614.md)
- [§615. Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export](/usc/21/615.md)
- [§616. Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition](/usc/21/616.md)
- [§617. Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector’s certificate](/usc/21/617.md)
- [§618. Delivery of inspectors’ certificates, and of copies](/usc/21/618.md)
- [§619. Marking, labeling, or other identification to show kinds of animals from which derived; separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities](/usc/21/619.md)
- [§620. Imports](/usc/21/620.md)
- [§621. Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations](/usc/21/621.md)
- [§622. Bribery of or gifts to inspectors or other officers and acceptance of gifts](/usc/21/622.md)
- [§623. Exemptions from inspection requirements](/usc/21/623.md)
- [§624. Storage and handling regulations; violations; exemption of establishments subject to non-Federal jurisdiction](/usc/21/624.md)
- [§625. Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish](/usc/21/625.md)
- [§626. Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates](/usc/21/626.md)