Amend the Meat Inspection Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Livestock and Grains, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1314, H.R. 1321, and H.R. 6168, June 26, 27, 28, 29, July 17, 19, and 20, 1967U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 251 pages |
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... give access to records as required under this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in the eighteenth paragraph of the Meat Inspection Act . SEC . 5. This Act shall apply with respect to 2 AMEND THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT.
... give access to records as required under this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in the eighteenth paragraph of the Meat Inspection Act . SEC . 5. This Act shall apply with respect to 2 AMEND THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT.
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... give the Department considerable leeway and authority to promulgate and enforce regulations which would protect the public ? Mr. LEONARD . It has . It has worked very effectively . In the last decade where slaughter is moving out closer ...
... give the Department considerable leeway and authority to promulgate and enforce regulations which would protect the public ? Mr. LEONARD . It has . It has worked very effectively . In the last decade where slaughter is moving out closer ...
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... give me an example ? You say clear - cut authority to deal with certain packaging and labeling and composition standards are all presently lacking . I had understood you were doing , and had authority to do , things in this field , but ...
... give me an example ? You say clear - cut authority to deal with certain packaging and labeling and composition standards are all presently lacking . I had understood you were doing , and had authority to do , things in this field , but ...
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... give me a specific example , so that I may understand better what you need to do to correct what type of situation that you cannot do now ? Dr. SOMERS . Yes . Especially in connection with the development of new products . Many of the ...
... give me a specific example , so that I may understand better what you need to do to correct what type of situation that you cannot do now ? Dr. SOMERS . Yes . Especially in connection with the development of new products . Many of the ...
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... give us some idea of the numbers of business- men who will be subject to these provisions for the first time if this act is passed , that have not been covered under existing legislation ? Dr. SOMERS . Mr. Mayne , the total number of ...
... give us some idea of the numbers of business- men who will be subject to these provisions for the first time if this act is passed , that have not been covered under existing legislation ? Dr. SOMERS . Mr. Mayne , the total number of ...
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Page 9 - SEC. 303. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 301 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both such imprisonment and fine...
Page 18 - Examined and passed by the Food and Drug Administration of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Page 10 - An act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes," approved September 26, 1914, are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Secretary in enforcing the provisions of this act and to any person subject to the provisions of this act, whether or not a corporation.
Page 5 - labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.
Page 9 - ... than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Page 10 - If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 5 - ... or (4) if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
Page 5 - If it purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed by regu-lations as provided by section 401, unless (1) it conforms to such definition and standard, and (2) its label bears the name of the food specified in the definition and standard, and, insofar as may be required by such regulations, the common names of optional ingredients (other than spices, flavoring, and coloring) present in such food.
Page 5 - ... (2) a food for which a standard or standards of fill of container have been prescribed by regulations as provided by Section 401, and it falls below the standard of fill of container applicable thereto, unless its label bears, in such manner and form as such regulations specify, a statement that it falls below such standard.
Page 5 - If any word, statement or other information required by or under authority of this Act to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.