21 U.S.C. § 2108: Annual report to Congress

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Each year the Secretary must send a report to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations, and to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations. The report must cover the preceding 1-year period and include totals of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‑regulated food imports by country and food type; how many FDA import inspectors there were and how many inspections they did; and combined data on inspection findings, including violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and any enforcement actions taken.

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.

§2108 Annual Report to Congress

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Title 21, §2108

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