All 67 Stat. Seized goods. Sample. 477. (c) The court at any time after seizure up to a reasonable time before trial shall by order allow any party to a condemnation proceeding, his attorney or agent, to obtain a representative sample of the article seized and a true copy of the analysis, if any, on which the proceeding is based and the identifying marks or numbers, if any, of the packages from which the samples analyzed were obtained." Approved August 7, 1953. 55-000 O-71-33 Chapter 381 - 1st Session AN ACT To amend the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended, to provide for the control and eradication of scrapie and blue tongue in sheep, and incipient or potentially serious minor outbreaks of diseases of animals; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 11 of Animal disease the Act of Congress approved May 29, 1884, entitled "An Act for the control. establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exporta tion of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals" (21 U. S. C. 114a) is hereby amended to read as 58 Stat. 734. follows: "SEC. 11. The Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in cooperation with States or political subdivisions thereof, farmers' associations and similar organizations, and individuals, is authorized to control and eradicate tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, 67 Stat. 493. avian tuberculosis, brucellosis of domestic animals, southern cattle 67 Stat. 494. ticks, hog cholera and related swine diseases, scabies in sheep and cattle, dourine in horses, scrapie and blue tongue in sheep, incipient or Sorapie and potentially serious minor outbreaks of diseases of animals, and con- blue tongue. tagious or infectious diseases of animals (such as foot-and-mouth Minor outdisease, rinderpest, and contagious pleuropneumonia) which in the breaks. opinion of the Secretary constitute an emergency and threaten the livestock industry of the country, including the purchase and destruction of diseased or exposed animals (including poultry), or the destruction of such animals and the payment of indemnities therefor, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. As used in this section, the term 'State' includes the District of Columbia and the Territories and possessions of the United States." Approved August 8, 1953. Chapter 391 1st Session H. R. 3480 AN ACT All 67 Stat. 500. To amend section 509 of title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, to extend for two years the period during which agricultural workers may be made available for employment under such title. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 509 of Agricultural title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by workers. striking out "December 31, 1953" and inserting in lieu thereof 65 Stat. 121. "December 31, 1955". Approved August 8, 1953. 7 USC 1461. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 501 of the Mexican agriAgricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by striking oultural workers. out the parenthetical clause "(pursuant to arrangements between the 65 Stat. 119. United States and the Republic of Mexico)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(pursuant to arrangements between the United States and the Republic of Mexico or after every practicable effort has been made by the United States to negotiate and reach agreement on such arrangements)". Approved March 16, 1954. Chapter 102 - 2d Session S. 2714 AN ACT All 68 Stat. 30. To increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 4 Commodity Credit of the Act approved March 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 108), as amended, is Corporation. amended by striking out "$6,750,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 15 USC 713a-4. "$8,500,000,000". (b) (1) The first section of such Act is amended by striking out 52 Stat. 107. the following: ", or insofar as practicable, the average market price 15 USC 713a-1. of such assets during the last month of the fiscal year covered by the appraisal, whichever is the lower,". (2) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Such capital impairment shall be restored with appropriated funds as provided herein rather than through the cancellation of notes." SEC. 2. Section 4 (i) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (62 Stat. 1070), as amended, is amended by striking out 15 USC 714b. "$6,750,000,000”, and inserting in lieu thereof “$8,500,000,000". Approved March 20, 1954. To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to residues of pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 201 of Pesticide chemthe Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding at ical residues. the end thereof the following new paragraphs: 52 Stat. 1041. "(q) The term 'pesticide chemical' means any substance which, 21 USC 321. alone, in chemical combination or in formulation with one or more Definitions. other substances, is an 'economic poison' within the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U. S. C., secs. 135-135k) as now in force or as hereafter amended, and which is used 62 Stat. 163. in the production, storage, or transportation of raw agricultural commodities. "(r) The term 'raw agricultural commodity' means any food in its raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form prior to marketing." 21 USC 342. SEC. 2. Clause (2) of section 402 (a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Adulterated Cosmetic Act is amended to read as follows: "(2) if it bears or con- food. tains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance, except a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity, which is unsafe within the meaning of section 406, or if it is a raw agricultural 21 USC 346. commodity and it bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of section 408 (a);". SEC. 3. Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS IN OR ON RAW AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES "SEC. 408. (a) Any poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemical, or any pesticide chemical which is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of pesticide chemicals, as safe for use, added to a raw agricultural commodity, shall be deemed unsafe for the purposes of the application of clause (2) of section 402 (a) unless "(1) a tolerance for such pesticide chemical in or on the raw agricultural commodity has been prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this section and the quantity of such pesticide chemical in or on the raw agricultural commodity is within the limits of the tolerance so prescribed; or "(2) with respect to use in or on such raw agricultural commodity, the pesticide chemical has been exempted from the requirement of a tolerance by the Secretary under this section. While a tolerance or exemption from tolerance is in effect for a pesticide chemical with respect to any raw agricultural commodity, such raw agricultural commodity shall not, by reason of bearing or containing any added amount of such pesticide chemical, be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of clause (1) of section 402 (a). 21 USC 342. "(b) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations establishing toler- Establishment of ances with respect to the use in or on raw agricultural commodities tolerances. of poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemicals and of pesticide chemicals which are not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of pesticide chemicals, as safe for use, to the extent necessary to protect the public health. In establishing any such regulation, the Secretary shall give appropriate consideration, among other relevant factors, (1) to the |