Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102

§2575a Inquiry Point

Title 19 › CHAPTER 13 — TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 › SUBCHAPTER II — TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) › Part E — Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement › subpart 1 — sanitary and phytosanitary measures › § 2575a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The standards information center must give the public access to relevant documents and information, for reasonable fees set by the Secretary of Commerce. It must include information on general health and plant/animal safety rules (like control, inspection, or approval procedures) used or proposed by federal or state agencies; how agencies do risk assessments and decide protection levels; U.S. and state participation in international or regional safety organizations and agreements and their rules; and where notices required under Article 719 of NAFTA are posted or how to get that information.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §2575a

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The standards information center maintained under section 2544 of this title shall, in addition to the functions specified therein, make available to the public relevant documents, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, and information regarding—

(1)any sanitary or phytosanitary measure of general application, including any control or inspection procedure or approval procedure proposed, adopted, or maintained by a Federal or State agency;

(2)the procedures of a Federal or State agency for risk assessment, and factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment and in establishing the levels of protection that the agency considers appropriate;

(3)the membership and participation of the Federal Government and State governments in international and regional sanitary and phytosanitary organizations and systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and the provisions of those systems and arrangements; and

(4)the location of notices of the type required under article 719 of the NAFTA, or where the information contained in such notices can be obtained.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 2575a

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102