Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§7654 Food Safety Research Information Office
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 103— - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Part Part B— - General › § 7654
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must create a Food Safety Research Information Office at the National Agricultural Library to share public and, when possible, private food-safety research information, prevent duplication, and guide government and private priorities, working with health agencies, public institutions, and voluntary private researchers.
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Title 7, §7654
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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a Food Safety Research Information Office at the National Agricultural Library.
(b)The Office shall provide to the research community and the general public information on publicly funded, and to the maximum extent practicable, privately funded food safety research initiatives for the purpose of—
(1)preventing unintended duplication of food safety research; and
(2)assisting the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government and private research entities to assess food safety research needs and priorities.
(c)The Office shall carry out this section in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public institutions, and, on a voluntary basis, private research entities.
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2002—Pub. L. 107–171 struck out “and national conference” after “Information Office” in section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading, redesignated pars. (1) to (3) of former subsec. (a) as subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively, and subpars. (A) and (B) of former par. (2) as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (b), respectively, realigned margins, substituted “this section” for “this subsection” in subsec. (c), and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which related to national conference and annual workshops and food safety report, respectively.
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7 U.S.C. § 7654
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73