Tea Importation Act of 1897

Tea Importation Act of 1897
Great Seal of the United States
Long title An Act to prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea.
Enacted by the 54th United States Congress
Effective May 1, 1897
Citations
Public law 54-358
Statutes at Large 29 Stat. 604
Codification
Titles amended 21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs
U.S.C. sections created 21 U.S.C. ch. 2 § 41 et seq.
Legislative history

Tea Importation Act of 1897 is a United States public law forbidding the import of tea into the United States which has been deemed inferior and substandard due to suspicious levels of fluoride, heavy metals, oxalate, and pesticides. The Act of Congress established a uniform standard of purity and quality while attempting to achieve the optimal health effects of tea and phenolic content in tea.

The 1897 statute superseded the Spurious Tea Importation Act of 1883.[1][2] The S. 3725 legislation was passed by the United States 54th Congressional session and enacted into law by the 24th President of the United States Grover Cleveland on March 2, 1897.

Provisions of the Act

The United States statute was drafted as twelve sections authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to implement the compulsory law restricting the international commerce of camellia sinensis and adopt federal tea standards.

21 U.S.C. § 1 ~ Prohibit the unlawful importation of substandard tea
21 U.S.C. § 2 ~ Establishment of a board of experts on tea
21 U.S.C. § 3 ~ Establishment of tea purity standards
21 U.S.C. § 4 ~ Bonds of exporters, examination of imported tea, and importation at ports without examiners
21 U.S.C. § 5 ~ Delivery permits, reexamination, retention of substandard tea
21 U.S.C. § 6 ~ Referral of disputes to Board of Tea Appeals to permit delivery, order destruction, or exportation of substandard tea
21 U.S.C. § 7 ~ Examiners and examination according to useage of trade
21 U.S.C. § 8 ~ Reexaminations including findings by examiner and assistance of experts
21 U.S.C. § 9 ~ Reimporting rejected tea and forfeitures for violation of provisions
21 U.S.C. § 10 ~ Issuance of regulations
21 U.S.C. § 11 ~ Tea on shipboard subject to former 1883 law
21 U.S.C. § 12 ~ Repeal of 1883 Act

Amendment and Repeal of 1897 Act

The Tea Importation Act of 1908 amended the 1897 public law permitting the import of tea siftings, tea sweepings, or tea waste for the extraction of caffeine or theine, and other chemical products.[3] The 1897 Act was repealed with the United States 104th Congressional session enactment of the Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Spurious Tea Importation Act of 1883 ~ P.L. 47-64" (PDF). 22 Stat. 451 ~ House Bill 7486. Legis★Works. March 2, 1883.
  2. ↑ "Spurious Tea Importation Act of 1883 ~ House Bill 7486". P.L. 47-64 ~ 22 Stat. 451. National Archives and Records Administration. March 2, 1883.
  3. ↑ "Tea Importation Act of 1908 ~ P.L. 60-117" (PDF). 35 Stat. 163 ~ Senate Bill 514. Legis★Works. May 16, 1908.
  4. ↑ "Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 ~ P.L. 104-128" (PDF). 110 Stat. 1198 ~ House Bill 2969. U.S. Government Printing Office. April 9, 1996.
  5. ↑ "H.R. 2969 ~ Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996". P.L. 104-128 ~ 110 Stat. 1198. Congress.gov. February 23, 1996.
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