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§2108 Annual report to Congress

Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 26— - FOOD SAFETY › § 2108

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send an annual report to the Senate Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Appropriations and to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Appropriations, covering the preceding 1-year period. It must report FDA-regulated food imports by country and type; numbers of inspectors and inspections; and a summary of inspection findings, including violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and enforcement actions.

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Title 21, §2108

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The Secretary shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that includes, with respect to the preceding 1-year period—
(1)the number and amount of food products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration imported into the United States, aggregated by country and type of food;
(2)a listing of the number of Food and Drug Administration inspectors of imported food products referenced in paragraph (1) and the number of Food and Drug Administration inspections performed on such products; and
(3)aggregated data on the findings of such inspections, including data related to violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.], and enforcement actions used to follow-up on such findings and violations.

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The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in par. (3), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of this title and Tables.

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21 U.S.C. § 2108

Title 21Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73