§111. Regulations to prevent contagious diseases

The Secretary of Agriculture shall have authority to make such regulations and take such measures as he may deem proper to prevent the introduction or dissemination of the contagion of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease of animals and/or live poultry from a foreign country into the United States or from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to another, and to seize, quarantine, and dispose of any hay, straw, forage, or similar material, or any meats, hides, or other animal products coming from an infected foreign country to the United States, or from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia in transit to another State or Territory or the District of Columbia whenever in his judgment such action is advisable in order to guard against the introduction or spread of such contagion.

(Feb. 2, 1903, ch. 349, §2, 32 Stat. 792 ; Feb. 7, 1928, ch. 30, 45 Stat. 59 ; July 22, 1954, ch. 558, §33, 68 Stat. 510 ; Jan. 28, 1956, ch. 12, §2, 70 Stat. 5 .)

Amendments

1956-Act Jan. 28, 1956, struck out proviso "that no such regulations or measures shall pertain to the introduction of live poultry into the Virgin Islands of the United States".

1954-Act July 22, 1954, inserted proviso containing an exception with respect to admission of live poultry into the Virgin Islands.

1928-Act Feb. 7, 1928, inserted "and/or live poultry".

Effective Date of 1954 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by act July 22, 1954, see section 34 of act July 22, 1954, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1541 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 114g, 122, 136a of this title; title 16 section 1540.