2014 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs (Sections 1 - 2252)
Chapter 27 - Food Safety Modernization (Sections 2201 - 2252)
Subchapter III - Improving the Safety of Imported Food (Sections 2241 - 2243)
Sec. 2241 - Inspection by the Secretary of Commerce
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 27 - FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION SUBCHAPTER III - IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD Sec. 2241 - Inspection by the Secretary of Commerce |
Contains | section 2241 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-353, title III, §306(b), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3959. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 3959 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-353 |
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The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may send 1 or more inspectors to a country or facility of an exporter from which seafood imported into the United States originates. The inspectors shall assess practices and processes used in connection with the farming, cultivation, harvesting, preparation for market, or transportation of such seafood and may provide technical assistance related to such activities.
(2) Inspection report(A) In generalThe Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, shall—
(i) prepare an inspection report for each inspection conducted under paragraph (1);
(ii) provide the report to the country or exporter that is the subject of the report; and
(iii) provide a 30-day period during which the country or exporter may provide a rebuttal or other comments on the findings of the report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(B) Distribution and use of reportThe Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consider the inspection reports described in subparagraph (A) in distributing inspection resources under section 350j of this title.
(Pub. L. 111–353, title III, §306(b), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3959.)
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