21 U.S.C. § 152
Section 152 · Importation regulated and prohibited
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Metco Products, Inc., Division of Case Manufacturing Company v. National Labor Relations Board (1989)
Most recently applied in Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, L.L.C v. Department of Agriculture (August 2008)
The importation into the United States of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and the importation of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, is prohibited without (1) a permit from the Secretary of Agriculture, or (2) in the case of an article originating in Canada, such permit or, in lieu of such permit, such certification by Canada as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
See note set out under section 151 of this title.
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–449 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The importation into the United States, without a permit from the Secretary of Agriculture, of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, and the importation of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, are prohibited.”
Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–449 effective on the date the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement enters into force (Jan. 1, 1989), and to cease to have effect on the date the Agreement ceases to be in force, see section 501(a), (c) of Pub. L. 100–449, set out in a note under section 2112 of Title 19, Customs Duties.