2012 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 10 - POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION (§§ 451 - 472)
Section 471 - Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, 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 10 - POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION Sec. 471 - Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel |
Contains | section 471 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 85-172, §30, as added Pub. L. 104-127, title IX, §918(a)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1190. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 1190 |
Public Law References | Public Law 85-172, Public Law 104-127 |
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The advisory panel known as the “Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel” established by section 679a of this title shall review and evaluate, as the panel considers necessary, the adequacy, necessity, safety, cost-effectiveness, and scientific merit of—
(1) inspection procedures of, and work rules and worker relations involving Federal employees employed in, plants inspected under this chapter;
(2) informal petitions or proposals for changes in inspection procedures, processes, and techniques of plants inspected under this chapter;
(3) formal changes in poultry inspection regulations promulgated under this chapter, whether in notice, proposed, or final form; and
(4) such other matters as may be referred to the panel by the Secretary regarding the quality or effectiveness of a safe and cost-effective poultry inspection system under this chapter.
(b) Reports (1) In generalThe Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel shall submit to the Secretary a report on the results of each review and evaluation carried out under paragraph (1), including such recommendations as the panel considers appropriate.
(2) Reports on formal changesIn the case of a report concerning a formal change in poultry inspection regulations, the report shall be made within the time limits prescribed for formal comments on such changes.
(Pub. L. 85–172, §30, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, §918(a)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1190.)
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