52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-I -IS. 809, 810 -JUNE 29, 1938 Any violation of this section or of the regulations lawfully promul- gated thereunder shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprison- ment for not more than ninety days, and/or cancelation of license. This Act shall become effective sixty days after final passage. Approved, June 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 810] AN ACT To amend the Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, as amended and extended, with respect to its application to farmers, retail butchers, and retail dealers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, as amended and extended, is amended by substituting for the concluding paragraph thereof the following: "That within the meaning of this Act- "(a) A 'farmer' means any person or partnership chiefly engaged in producing agricultural products on whose farm the number of cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, or goats is in keeping with the size of the farm or with the volume or character of the agricultural products produced thereon, but does not mean any person or part- nership engaged in producing agricultural products who- "(1) actively engages in buying or trading in cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, or goats; or "(2) actively engages, directly or indirectly, in conducting a business which includes the slaughter of cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, or goats for food purposes; or "(3) actively engages, directly or indirectly, in buying or selling meat or meat food products other than those prepared by any farmer on the farm; or "(4) actively engages, directly or indirectly, in salting, curing, or canning meat, or in preparing sausage, lar d , or other meat food products; or "(5) slaughters, or permits any person to slaughter, on his or their farm cattle, calves, sheep lambs, swine, or goats which are not actually owned by him or them. "(b) A 'retail butcher' means any person, partnership, association, or corporation chiefly engaged in selling meat or meat food products to consumers only, except that the Secretary of Agriculture, at his discretion, may permit any retail butcher to transport in interstate or foreign commerce to consumers and meat retailers in any one week not more than five carcasses of cattle, twenty-five carcasses of calves, twenty carcasses of sheep, twenty-five carcasses of lambs, ten carcasses of swine, twenty carcasses of goats, or twenty-five carcasses of goat kids, or the equivalent of fresh meat therefrom, and to trans- port in interstate or foreign commerce to consumers only meat and meat food products which have been salted, cured, canned, or pre- pared as sausage, lard, or other meat food products, and which have not been inspected, examined, and marked as 'Inspected and Passed' in accordance with the terms of the Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, and Acts supplemental thereto, and with the rules and regula- tions prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. "(c) A 'retail dealer' means any person, partnership, association, or corporation chiefly engaged in selling meat or meat food products to consumers only except that the Secretary of Agriculture, at his discretion, may permit any retail dealer to transport in interstate trade or foreign commerce to consumers and meat retailers in any 1235 Penalty for vio- lation. Effective date. June 29. 1938 [H. R . 8047] [Public, No. 776] Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, amendments. 34 Stat. 1260 . 21 U. S.. . 71. Meaning of terms. "Farmer." "Retail butcher. " "Retail dealer."
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