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REGULATION 21. ADMISSION OF VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, 

 AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS 



SECTION 1. No virus, serum, toxin, or analogous prod- 

 uct which has not been prepared, handled, stored, and 

 marketed in accordance with these regulations, and no 

 virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product which is worth- 

 less, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful shall be 

 brought on to the premises of any licensed establish- 

 ment. 



THE VIRUS-SERUM-TOXIN LAW 



[Extract from "An act making appropriations for the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914," 

 approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 832).] 



That from and after July first, nineteen hundred and 

 thirteen, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or 

 corporation to prepare, sell, barter, or exchange in the 

 District of Columbia, or in the Territories, or in any 

 place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or to 

 ship or deliver for shipment from one State or Territory 

 or the District of Columbia to any other State or Terri- 

 tory or the District of Columbia, any worthless, contami- 

 nated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or 

 analogous product intended for use in the treatment of 

 domestic animals, and no person, firm, or corporation 

 shall prepare, sell, barter, exchange, or ship as aforesaid 

 any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product manufac- 

 tured within the United States and intended for use in 

 the treatment of domestic animals, unless and until the 

 said virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product shall have 

 been prepared, under and in compliance with regula- 

 tions prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, at an 

 establishment holding an unsuspended and unrevoked 

 license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture as herein- 

 after authorized. That the importation into the United 

 States, without a permit from the Secretary of Agricul- 



