2011 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 12 - MEAT INSPECTION (§§ 601 - 695)
Subchapter IV - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 671 - 680)
Section 679c - Expansion of Food Safety Inspection Service activities
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 12 - MEAT INSPECTION SUBCHAPTER IV - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS Sec. 679c - Expansion of Food Safety Inspection Service activities |
Contains | section 679c |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 107-188, title III, §332, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 679. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 116 Stat. 679 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 107-188 |
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The Secretary of Agriculture may utilize existing authorities to give high priority to enhancing and expanding the capacity of the Food Safety Inspection Service to conduct activities to—
(1) enhance the ability of the Service to inspect and ensure the safety and wholesomeness of meat and poultry products;
(2) improve the capacity of the Service to inspect international meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, and egg products at points of origin and at ports of entry;
(3) strengthen the ability of the Service to collaborate with relevant agencies within the Department of Agriculture and with other entities in the Federal Government, the States, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 450b(e) of title 25) through the sharing of information and technology; and
(4) otherwise expand the capacity of the Service to protect against the threat of bioterrorism.
(b) Authorization of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 107–188, title III, §332, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 679.)
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, and not as part of the Federal Meat Inspection Act which is classified to subchapters I to IV of this chapter.
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