§ 3801. — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC3801]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 69--SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION
Sec. 3801. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
The Congress hereby finds and declares that--
(1) raw garbage is one of the primary media through which
numerous infectious or communicable diseases of swine are
transmitted;
(2) if certain exotic animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth
disease, African swine fever, hog cholera, and swine vesicular
diseases, gain entrance into the United States, such diseases may be
spread through the medium of raw or improperly treated garbage which
is fed to swine;
(3) African swine fever, which is potentially the most dangerous
and destructive of all communicable swine diseases, has been
confirmed in several countries of the Western Hemisphere, including
the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba;
(4) swine in the United States have no resistance to any of such
exotic diseases and in the case of African swine fever there is a
particular danger because there are no effective vaccines to this
deadly disease;
(5) all articles and animals which are regulated under this
chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or
substantially affect such commerce, and regulation by the Secretary
and cooperation by the States and other jurisdictions as
contemplated by this chapter are necessary to prevent and eliminate
burdens upon such commerce, to effectively regulate such commerce,
and to protect the health and welfare of the people of the United
States;
(6) the interstate and foreign commerce in swine and swine
products and producers and consumers of pork products could be
severely injured economically if any exotic animal diseases,
particularly African swine fever, enter this country;
(7) it is impossible to assure that all garbage fed to swine is
properly treated to kill disease organisms unless such treatment is
closely regulated;
(8) therefore, in order to protect the commerce of the United
States and the health and welfare of the people of this country, it
is necessary to regulate the treatment of garbage to be fed to swine
and the feeding thereof in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter.
(Pub. L. 96-468, Sec. 2, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2229.)
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 96-468 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
chapter] may be cited as the `Swine Health Protection Act'.''
