Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73not60
§2242 Foreign Offices of the Food and Drug Administration
Title 21 › Chapter 27— FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION › Subchapter III— IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD › § 2242
Summary
The Secretary must open FDA offices in foreign countries the Secretary chooses. These offices will help foreign governments keep FDA‑regulated foods and other products sent to the U.S. safe by doing and helping with inspections based on risk. The Secretary must consult State, Homeland Security, and the U.S. Trade Representative and report to Congress by October 1, 2011 on selections, progress, and plans.
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Title 21, §2242
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(a)The Secretary shall establish offices of the Food and Drug Administration in foreign countries selected by the Secretary, to provide assistance to the appropriate governmental entities of such countries with respect to measures to provide for the safety of articles of food and other products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration exported by such country to the United States, including by directly conducting risk-based inspections of such articles and supporting such inspections by such governmental entity.
(b)In establishing the foreign offices described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the United States Trade Representative.
(c)Not later than October 1, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the basis for the selection by the Secretary of the foreign countries in which the Secretary established offices, the progress which such offices have made with respect to assisting the governments of such countries in providing for the safety of articles of food and other products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration exported to the United States, and the plans of the Secretary for establishing additional foreign offices of the Food and Drug Administration, as appropriate.
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The Secretary, referred to in text, probably means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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21 U.S.C. § 2242
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60