An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes

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Summary

The importation of cattle, sheep, or other domestic ruminants, or swine, or of fresh, chilled, or frozen beef, veal, mutton, lamb, or pork is prohibited from any foreign country where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists. No meat of any kind shall be imported into the United States unless such meat is healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.

Subject

United States. Secretary of Agriculture

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 46 Stat. 590
  • Title 19, Sec. 1306
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Notes

References are made to the Meat Inspection Amendment, 34 Stat.674 (1906) and to the Food and Drugs Act, 34 Stat. 768 (1906).

Contained within

46 Stat. 590 (1930); ch. 497 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1931
  • 06/17/1930

Topic

  • Agriculture
  • Foot-and-mouth disease
  • Foreign trade regulation
  • Meat inspection
  • Rinderpest
  • Import quotas
  • Laws and legislation
  • Agriculture--Laws and legislation

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 590, 689

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