§ 101. — Suspension of importation of all animals.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 21USC101]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER II--IMPORTATION OF CATTLE AND QUARANTINE
Sec. 101. Suspension of importation of all animals
Whenever, in the opinion of the President, it shall be necessary for
the protection of animals in the United States against infectious or
contagious diseases, he may, by proclamation, suspend the importation of
all or any class of animals for a limited time, and may change, modify,
revoke, or renew such proclamation, as the public good may require; and
during the time of such suspension the importation of any such animals
shall be unlawful.
(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 839, Sec. 9, 26 Stat. 416.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 136a of this title.
