§ 398. Notices to States regarding imported food

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. 1938

   Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002”

   Pub. L. 107–188 title III § 310 · 116 Stat. 594

   Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 398

   June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1008, formerly § 908, as added Pub. L. 107–188, title III, § 310, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 673

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1008, formerly § 908, as added Pub. L. 107–188, title III, § 310, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 673

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 310. NOTICES TO STATES REGARDING IMPORTED FOOD. Chapter IX of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following section: “SEC. 908. NOTICES TO STATES REGARDING IMPORTED FOOD. “(a) In General.— If the Secretary has credible evidence or information indicating that a shipment of imported food or portion thereof presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals, the Secretary shall provide notice regarding such threat to the States in which the food is held or will be held, and to the States in which the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of the food is located, to the extent that the Secretary has knowledge of which States are so involved. In providing notice to a State, the Secretary shall request the State to take such action as the State considers appropriate, if any, to protect the public health regarding the food involved. “(b) Rule of Construction.— Subsection (a) may not be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary with respect to food under any other provision of this Act.”.

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