§679c — Title 21 Food and Drugs | U.S. Code

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary can use current powers to strengthen the Food Safety Inspection Service. The goal is to improve inspection of meat, poultry, and egg products (including imports and checks at ports), share information and technology with USDA units, other federal and state agencies, and Indian tribes (as defined in federal law), and better protect against bioterrorism. Congress authorized $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and whatever sums are needed for later years.

Title 21, §679c

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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture may utilize existing authorities to give high priority to enhancing and expanding the capacity of the Food Safety Inspection Service to conduct activities to—

(1)enhance the ability of the Service to inspect and ensure the safety and wholesomeness of meat and poultry products;

(2)improve the capacity of the Service to inspect international meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, and egg products at points of origin and at ports of entry;

(3)strengthen the ability of the Service to collaborate with relevant agencies within the Department of Agriculture and with other entities in the Federal Government, the States, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 5304(e) of title 25) through the sharing of information and technology; and

(4)otherwise expand the capacity of the Service to protect against the threat of bioterrorism.

(b)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, and not as part of the Federal Meat Inspection Act which is classified to subchapters I to IV–A of this chapter.

§679c Expansion of Food Safety Inspection Service activities

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Title 21, §679c

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