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ture, 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 hereby 

 prohibited. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby au- 

 thorized to cause the Bureau of Animal Industry to ex- 

 amine and inspect all viruses, serums, toxins, and analo- 

 gous products, for use in the treatment of domestic ani- 

 mals, which are being imported or offered for importa- 

 tion into the United States, to determine whether such 

 viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products are 

 worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful, and if 

 it shall appear that any such virus, serum, toxin, or 

 analogous product, for use in the treatment of domestic 

 animals, is worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harm- 

 ful, the same shall be denied entry and shall be destroyed 

 or returned at the expense of the owner or importer. 

 That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and hereby is, 

 authorized to make and promulgate from time to time 

 such rules and regulations as may be necessary to pre- 

 vent the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment 

 as aforesaid of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, 

 or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for 

 use in the treatment of domestic animals, and to issue, 

 suspend, and revoke licenses for the maintenance of es- 

 tablishments for the preparation of viruses, serums, tox- 

 ins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of 

 domestic animals, intended for sale, barter, exchange, or 

 shipment as aforesaid. The Secretary of Agriculture is 

 hereby authorized to issue permits for the importation 

 into the United States of viruses, serums, toxins, and 

 analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic 

 animals, which are not worthless, contaminated, danger- 

 ous, or harmful. All licenses issued under authority of 

 this Act to establishments where such viruses, serums, 

 toxins, or analogous products are prepared for sale, bar- 

 ter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid, shall be issued 

 on condition that the licensee shall permit the inspection 

 of such establishments and of such products and their 



