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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Compilation 10270 · Sec. 203

Sec. 203. **[**[21 U.S.C. 643](/us/usc/t21/s643)**]**

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## Sec. 203 **[**[21 U.S.C. 643](/us/usc/t21/s643)**]** No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business, in or for commerce, as a meat broker, rendered or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any amenable species,27 whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for commerce, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, or importing, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaugther, unless, when required by regulations of the Secretary, he has registered with the Secretary his name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he conducts such business. 27Sec. 798(1) of P.L. 109–97, Nov. 10, 2005, amended the Act by striking “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines” each place it appears and inserting “amenable species”.
Although the previous text read “cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines”, the amendment was executed to effectuate the probable intent of Congress.
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