Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§7654 Food Safety Research Information Office

Title 7 › CHAPTER 103 — AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM › SUBCHAPTER III — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Part B — General › § 7654

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must create a Food Safety Research Information Office at the National Agricultural Library. The Office will give researchers and the public information about government-funded and, as much as possible, privately funded food safety research. It aims to stop accidental duplication of research and help federal leaders and private research groups find and set research needs and priorities. The Office will work with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public institutions, and voluntary private research entities.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §7654

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(a)Establishment
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a Food Safety Research Information Office at the National Agricultural Library.
(b)Purpose
The Office shall provide to the research community and the general public information on publicly funded, and to the maximum extent practicable, privately funded food safety research initiatives for the purpose of— (1)
(2)assisting the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government and private research entities to assess food safety research needs and priorities.
(c)Cooperation
The Office shall carry out this section in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public institutions, and, on a voluntary basis, private research entities.

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2002—Pub. L. 107–171 struck out “and national conference” after “Information Office” in section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading, redesignated pars. (1) to (3) of former subsec. (a) as subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively, and subpars. (A) and (B) of former par. (2) as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (b), respectively, realigned margins, substituted “this section” for “this subsection” in subsec. (c), and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which related to national conference and annual workshops and food safety report, respectively.

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7 U.S.C. § 7654

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110