---
kind: "unit"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
key: "ch12/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Meat Processors and Related Industries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/ch12-schII"
sections_count: 5
---

# Subchapter II — Meat Processors and Related Industries

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

## Sections

- [§641. Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; de­naturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles](/usc/21/641.md)
- [§642. Recordkeeping requirements](/usc/21/642.md)
- [§643. Registration of business, name of person, and trade names](/usc/21/643.md)
- [§644. Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4–D animals to prevent use as human food](/usc/21/644.md)
- [§645. Federal provisions applicable to State or Territorial business transactions of a local nature and not subject to local authority](/usc/21/645.md)