§ 142. — Milk or cream when unfit for importation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 21USC142]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER IV--IMPORTATION OF MILK AND CREAM
Sec. 142. Milk or cream when unfit for importation
Milk or cream shall be considered unfit for importation (1) when all
cows producing such milk or cream are not healthy and a physical
examination of all such cows has not been made within one year previous
to such milk being offered for importation; (2) when such milk or cream,
if raw, is not produced from cows which have passed a tuberculin test
applied by a duly authorized official veterinarian of the United States,
or of the country in which such milk or cream is produced, within one
year previous to the time of the importation, showing that such cows are
free from tuberculosis; (3) when the sanitary conditions of the dairy
farm or plant in which such milk or cream is produced or handled do not
score at least fifty points out of one hundred points according to the
methods for scoring as provided by the score cards used by the Bureau of
Dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture at the
time such dairy farms or plants are scored; (4) in the case of raw milk
if the number of bacteria per cubic centimeter exceeds three hundred
thousand and in the case of raw cream seven hundred and fifty thousand,
in the case of pasteurized milk if the number of bacteria per cubic
centimeter exceeds one hundred thousand, and in the case of pasteurized
cream five hundred thousand; (5) when the temperature of milk or cream
at the time of importation exceeds fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
(Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 1101.)
Transfer of Functions
Agricultural Research Service became the successor to functions of
Bureau of Dairy Industry under Secretary of Agriculture's Memorandum
1320, Supplement 4, Nov. 2, 1953.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 143 of this title.
