Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 27 — Food Safety Modernization
§ 2242. Foreign offices of the Food and Drug Administration
Statutory text
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.
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.
Report
Not later than , 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.
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.
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Pub. L. 111–353 title III § 308 · 124 Stat. 3885
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 2242
(Pub. L. 111–353, title III, § 308, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3966.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–353, title III, § 308, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3966.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 308. FOREIGN OFFICES OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. (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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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Secretary, referred to in text, probably means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.