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Code · U.S. Code · Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS · CHAPTER 12— MEAT INSPECTION · SUBCHAPTER IV— AUXILIARY PROVISIONS · § 671

§ 671. Inspection services; refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; other provisions for withdrawal of services unaffected; responsible connection with business; finality of Secretary’s actions; judicial review; record

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The Secretary may (for such period, or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter) refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under subchapter I of this chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under subchapter I because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any Federal or State court, of
(1)any felony, or
(2)more than one violation of any law, other than a felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of this chapter for withdrawal of inspection services under subchapter I from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat food products.
For the purpose of this section a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner, officer, director, holder, or owner of 10 per centum or more of its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.
The determination and order of the Secretary with respect thereto under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application for judicial review within thirty days after the effective date of such order in the appropriate court as provided in section 674 of this title. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order are based.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title IV, § 401, as added Pub. L. 90–201, § 16, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 597; amended Pub. L. 99–641, title IV, § 403(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3568.)
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  • Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907
  • Pub. L. 90–201, § 16
  • 81 Stat. 597
  • Pub. L. 99–641, title IV, § 403(b)
  • 100 Stat. 3568
  • Pub. L. 99–641, § 403(b)(1)
  • Pub. L. 99–641, § 403(b)(2)(A)
  • Pub. L. 99–641, § 403(b)(6)
  • Pub. L. 99–641, § 403(b)(3)
  • Pub. L. 99–641, § 403(b)(4)
  • Pub. L. 99–641, § 403(b)(5)
  • section 20 of Pub. L. 90–201
  • section 403 of Pub. L. 99–641
  • Pub. L. 99–641
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§ 671
Inspection services; refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; other provisions for withdrawal of services unaffected; responsible connection with business; finality of Secretary’s actions; judicial review; record
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ActMar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907
Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–201, § 16
Stat.81 Stat. 597
Pub. L.Pub. L. 99–641, title IV, § 403(b)
Stat.100 Stat. 3568
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