Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Part A · Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
§ 374a. Inspections relating to food allergens
Statutory text
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct inspections consistent with the authority under section 374 of this title of facilities in which foods are manufactured, processed, packed, or held—
to ensure that the entities operating the facilities comply with practices to reduce or eliminate cross-contact of a food with residues of major food allergens that are not intentional ingredients of the food; and
to ensure that major food allergens are properly labeled on foods.
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.
Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–282 title II § 205 · 118 Stat. 891
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 374a
(Pub. L. 108–282, title II, § 205, Aug. 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 909.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–282, title II, § 205, Aug. 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 909.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 205. INSPECTIONS RELATING TO FOOD ALLERGENS. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct inspections consistent with the authority under section 704 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 374) of facilities in which foods are manufactured, processed, packed, or held— (1) to ensure that the entities operating the facilities comply with practices to reduce or eliminate cross-contact of a food with residues of major food allergens that are not intentional ingredients of the food; and (2) to ensure that major food allergens are properly labeled on foods.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as a part of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, and not as part of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter.