Poultry Products Inspection Act
Under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), FSIS provides inspection for all poultry products sold in interstate commerce, and reinspects imported products to ensure that they meet U.S. food safety standards.
§451. Congressional statement of findings.
§452. Congressional declaration of policy.
§453. Definitions.
§454. Federal and State cooperation in development and administration of State poultry product inspection programs.
(a) State laws; planning, technical and financial assistance; advisory committees.
(b) Appropriate State agency; performance of functions by subordinate governmental unit.
(c) Intrastate activities; designation of State for regulation; publication of designation; exempted operations; termination of designation; review of operations in nondesignated States; annual report.
(d) "State" defined.
§455. Inspection in official establishments.
(a) Ante mortem inspection.
(b) Post mortem inspection; quarantine, segregation, and reinspection.
(c) Condemnation; appeal; reprocessing.
§456. Operation of premises, facilities and equipment.
(a) Sanitary practices.
(b) Refusal of inspection.
§457. Labeling and container standards.
(a) Requirements for shipping containers and immediate containers; nonconsumer packaged carcasses.
(b) Labeling requirements; definitions and standards of identity or composition or articles and standards of fill of container; standards consistent with Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; consistency between Federal and State standards.
(c) Use of trade names; false or misleading marking or labeling; misleading form or size of container.
(d) Withholding use of false or misleading mark, label, or container size or form; modification; hearing; conclusiveness of determination; appeal.
§458. Prohibited acts.
§459. Compliance by all establishments.
§460. Miscellaneous activities subject to regulation.
(a) Prohibition of inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles.
(b) Recordkeeping requirements; persons liable; scope of disclosure; access to places of business; examination of records, facilities, and inventories; copies; samples.
(c) Registration of business, name of person, and trade names.
(d) Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry or carcasses to prevent use as human food.
(e) Federal provisions applicable to State or Territorial business transactions of a local nature and not subject to local authority.
§461. Offenses and punishment.
(a) Violations; liability of agents, employees, and employers.
(b) Liability of carrier.
(c) Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; punishments.
§462. Reporting of violations; notice; opportunity to present views.
§463. Rules and regulations.
(a) Storage and handling of poultry products; violation of regulations.
(b) Other necessary rules and regulations.
(c) Oral presentation of views.
§464. Exemptions.
(a) Persons exempted.
(b) Territorial exemption.
(c) Personal slaughtering; custom slaughtering; name and address of the poultry producer or processor in lieu of other labeling requirements; small enterprises; slaughterers or processors of specified number of turkeys; poultry producers raising poultry on own farms.
(d) Pizzas containing poultry products.
(e) Applicability of adulteration and misbranding provisions to articles exempted from inspection.
(f) Suspension or termination of exemption.
§465. Limitations upon entry of poultry products and other materials into official establishments.
§466. Imports.
(a) Compliance with standards and regulations; status after importation.
(b) Rules and regulations; destruction and exportation of refused imports.
(c) Storage, cartage and labor charges for imports refused admission.
(d) Domestic standards and processing facilities applicable; enforcement.
§467. Inspection services.
(a) Refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; persons responsibly connected with the business.
(b) Hearing to determine validity of withdrawal or refusal of inspection services; continuation of withdrawal or refusal.
(c) Finality and conclusiveness of determination; judicial review; record.
§467a. Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of government authorities; release; removal of official marks.
§467b. Seizure and condemnation.
(a) Proceedings in rem; libel of information; jurisdiction; disposal by destruction or sale; proceeds into the Treasury; sales restrictions; bonds; court costs and fees, storage, and other expenses against claimants; jury trial; United States as plaintiff.
(b) Condemnation or seizure under other provisions unaffected.
§467c. Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations; United States as plaintiff; subpoenas.
§467d. Administration and enforcement; applicability of penalty provisions; conduct of inquiries; power and jurisdiction of courts.
§467e. Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters.
§467f. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applications.
(a) Exemptions; authorities under food, drug, and cosmetic provisions unaffected.
(b) Enforcement proceedings; detainer authority of representatives of Secretary of Health and Human Services.
§468. Cost of inspection; overtime.
§469. Authorization of appropriations.
§470. Omitted.
§471. Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel.
(a) Review and evaluation.
(b) Reports.
§472. Interstate shipment of poultry inspected by Federal and State agencies for certain small establishments.
(a) Definitions
(b) Authority of Secretary to allow shipments
(c) Reimbursement of State costs
(d) Coordination between Federal and State agencies
(e) Audits
(f) Transition grants
(g) Violations
(h) Effect
