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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 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.
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