2016 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 27 - Food Safety Modernization
Subchapter I - Improving Capacity to Prevent Food Safety Problems
Sec. 2203 - Food and Agriculture Coordinating Councils

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 2203 (2016)
Section Name §2203. Food and Agriculture Coordinating Councils
Section Text

The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall within 180 days of January 4, 2011, and annually thereafter, submit to the relevant committees of Congress, and make publicly available on the Internet Web site of the Department of Homeland Security, a report on the activities of the Food and Agriculture Government Coordinating Council and the Food and Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council, including the progress of such Councils on—

(1) facilitating partnerships between public and private entities to help coordinate and enhance the protection of the agriculture and food system of the United States;

(2) providing for the regular and timely interchange of information between each council relating to the security of the agriculture and food system (including intelligence information);

(3) identifying best practices and methods for improving the coordination among Federal, State, local, and private sector preparedness and response plans for agriculture and food defense; and

(4) recommending methods by which to protect the economy and the public health of the United States from the effects of—

(A) animal or plant disease outbreaks;

(B) food contamination; and

(C) natural disasters affecting agriculture and food.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 111–353, title I, §109, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3912.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 I - IMPROVING CAPACITY TO PREVENT FOOD SAFETY PROBLEMS
Sec. 2203 - Food and Agriculture Coordinating Councils
Contains section 2203
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 124 Stat. 3912
Public Law References Public Law 111-353
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