Storage and handling of poultry products; violation of regulations
The Secretary may by regulations prescribe conditions under which poultry products capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for commerce, or importing, such articles, whenever the Secretary deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited.
Other necessary rules and regulations
The Secretary shall promulgate such other rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Oral presentation of views
section 553(c) of title 5In applying the provisions of to proposed rule making under this chapter, an opportunity for the oral presentation of views shall be accorded all interested persons.
Pub. L. 85–172, § 1471 Stat. 447Pub. L. 90–492, § 1382 Stat. 803(, , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 90–4921968— designated existing provisions as par. (b), added pars. (a) and (c), and in par. (b), as so designated, substituted “such other rules” for “such rules”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1968 Amendment
Pub. L. 90–492section 20 of Pub. L. 90–492section 451 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .