---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 3803"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "3803"
heading: "Prohibition of certain garbage feeding; exemption"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/3803"
units:
  - "Chapter 69 — Swine Health Protection"
---

# §3803. Prohibition of certain garbage feeding; exemption

- (a) No [person](/usc/7/3802.md?p=3) shall feed or permit the feeding of [garbage](/usc/7/3802.md?p=2) to [swine](/usc/7/198.md?p=6) except in accordance with [subsection (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) [Garbage](/usc/7/3802.md?p=2) may be fed to [swine](/usc/7/198.md?p=6) only if treated to kill disease organisms, in accordance with regulations issued by the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1), at a facility holding a valid permit issued by the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1), or the chief agricultural or animal health official of the [State](/usc/7/3802.md?p=4) where located if such [State](/usc/7/3802.md?p=4) has entered into an agreement with the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) pursuant to [section 3808 of this title](/usc/7/3808.md) or has primary enforcement responsibility pursuant to [section 3809 of this title](/usc/7/3809.md). No [person](/usc/7/3802.md?p=3) shall operate a facility for the treatment of [garbage](/usc/7/3802.md?p=2) knowing it is to be fed to [swine](/usc/7/198.md?p=6) unless such [person](/usc/7/3802.md?p=3) holds a valid permit issued pursuant to this chapter. The [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) may exempt any facility or premises from the requirements of this section whenever the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) determines that there would not be a risk to the [swine](/usc/7/198.md?p=6) industry in the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–468, § 4, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2230.)