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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Chapter 15 — Egg Products Inspection

§ 1054. Annual report to Congressional committees

Statutory text

(a)

 1 Not later than March 1 of each year following , the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a comprehensive and detailed written report with respect to—

(1)

the processing, storage, handling, and distribution of eggs and egg products subject to the provisions of this chapter; the inspection of establishments operated in connection therewith; the effectiveness of the operation of the inspection, including the effectiveness of the operations of State egg inspection programs; and recommendations for legislation to improve such program; and

(2)

the administration of section 1046 of this title (relating to imports) during the immediately preceding calendar year, including but not limited to—

(A)

a certification by the Secretary that foreign plants exporting eggs or egg products to the United States have complied with requirements of this chapter and regulations issued thereunder;

(B)

the names and locations of plants authorized or permitted to export eggs or egg products to the United States;

(C)

the number of inspectors employed by the Department of Agriculture in the calendar year concerned who were assigned to inspect plants referred to in paragraph (B) hereof and the frequency with which each such plant was inspected by such inspectors;

(D)

the number of inspectors that were licensed by each country from which any imports were received and that were assigned, during the calendar year concerned, to inspect such imports and the facilities in which such imports were handled; and the frequency and effectiveness of such inspections;

(E)

the total volume of eggs and egg products which was imported into the United States during the calendar year concerned from each country, including a separate itemization of the volume of each major category of such imports from each country during such year, and a detailed report of rejections of plants and products because of failure to meet appropriate standards prescribed by this chapter; and

(F)

recommendations for legislation to improve such program.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Egg Products Inspection Act

    Pub. L. 91–597 § 26 · 84 Stat. 1620

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 1054

    Pub. L. 91–597, § 26, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1634

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–597, § 26, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1634

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 26. annual report (a) Not later than March 1 of each year following the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate a comprehensive and detailed written report with respect to— (1) the processing, storage, handling, and distribution of eggs and egg products subject to the provisions of this title; the inspection of establishments operated in connection therewith; the effectiveness of the operation of the inspection, including the effectiveness of the operations of State egg inspection programs; and recommendations for legislation to improve such program; and (2) the administration of section 17 of this Act (relating to imports) during the immediately preceding calendar year, including but not limited to— (A) a certification by the Secretary that foreign plants exporting eggs or egg products to the United States have complied with requirements of this Act and regulations issued thereunder; (B) the names and locations of plants authorized or permitted to export eggs or egg products to the United States; (C) the number of inspectors employed by the Department of Agriculture in the calendar year concerned who were assigned to inspect plants referred to in paragraph (B) hereof and the frequency with which each such plant was inspected by such inspectors ; (D) the number of inspectors that were licensed by each country from which any imports were received and that were assigned, during the calendar year concerned, to inspect such imports and the facilities in which such imports were handled; and the frequency and effectiveness of such inspections; (E) the total volume of eggs and egg products which was imported into the United States during the calendar year concerned from each country, including a separate itemization of the volume of each major category of such imports from each country during such year, and a detailed report of rejections of plants and products because of failure to meet appropriate standards prescribed by this title; and (F) recommendations for legislation to improve such program.

  2. Pub. L. 103–437 § 8(4) · 108 Stat. 4581

    Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 1054

    Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry” for “Agriculture and Forestry” in introductory provisions

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry” for “Agriculture and Forestry” in introductory provisions.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) section 26 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1054).

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), (2)(A), (E), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 91–597, , 84 Stat. 1620, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1031 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry” for “Agriculture and Forestry” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

For effective date of this section, see section 29 of Pub. L. 91–597, set out as a note under section 1031 of this title.

Credits

1970–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–597, § 26, , 84 Stat. 1634
  2. 1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 8(4), , 108 Stat. 4588.
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(Pub. L. 91–597, § 26, , 84 Stat. 1634; Pub. L. 103–437, § 8(4), , 108 Stat. 4588.)

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