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Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-110

§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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up Food and Drug Administration offices in foreign countries chosen by the Secretary. These offices will help those countries’ governments keep food and other FDA‑regulated products safe when they are exported to the United States. The offices may do risk‑based inspections and help local inspectors. The Secretary must work with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Trade Representative when creating these offices. By October 1, 2011, the Secretary must report to Congress on why countries were chosen, what progress the offices have made, and plans for more offices.

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Title 21, §2242

Food and Drugs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
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)Consultation
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)Report
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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110