Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-102

§2203 Food and Agriculture Coordinating Councils

Title 21 › CHAPTER 27 — FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION › SUBCHAPTER I — IMPROVING CAPACITY TO PREVENT FOOD SAFETY PROBLEMS › § 2203

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Homeland Security must, working with the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture, send a report to the relevant committees of Congress and post it on the Department of Homeland Security website within 180 days of January 4, 2011, and every year after that. The report must describe what the Food and Agriculture Government Coordinating Council and the Food and Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council have done and their progress. The report must cover building public–private partnerships to protect U.S. agriculture and food; making sure the councils share information quickly and regularly (including intelligence); finding best ways to coordinate federal, state, local, and private preparedness and response plans; and recommending ways to protect the economy and public health from animal or plant disease outbreaks, food contamination, and natural disasters that affect agriculture and food.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §2203

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The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall within 180 days of January 4, 2011, and annually thereafter, submit to the relevant committees of Congress, and make publicly available on the Internet Web site of the Department of Homeland Security, a report on the activities of the Food and Agriculture Government Coordinating Council and the Food and Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council, including the progress of such Councils on—

(1)facilitating partnerships between public and private entities to help coordinate and enhance the protection of the agriculture and food system of the United States;

(2)providing for the regular and timely interchange of information between each council relating to the security of the agriculture and food system (including intelligence information);

(3)identifying best practices and methods for improving the coordination among Federal, State, local, and private sector preparedness and response plans for agriculture and food defense; and

(4)recommending methods by which to protect the economy and the public health of the United States from the effects of—

(A)animal or plant disease outbreaks;

(B)food contamination; and

(C)natural disasters affecting agriculture and food.

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Citation

21 U.S.C. § 2203

Title 21, Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102