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21 U.S.C. § 2252 — Compliance with international agreements
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Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization or any other treaty or international agreement to which the United States is a party.
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Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization or any other treaty or international agreement to which the United States is a party.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, not less frequently than every 2 years, review and evaluate relevant health data and other relevant information, including from toxicological and epidemiological studies and analyses, current Good Manufacturing Practices issued by the Secretary relating to food, and relevant recommendations of relevant advisory committees, including the Food Advisory Committee, to determine the most significant foodborne contaminants.
**(b) Guidance documents and regulations** Based on the review and evaluation conducted under subsection (a), and when appropriate to reduce the risk of serious illness or death to humans or animals or to prevent adulteration of the food under [section 342 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section342&num=0&edition=prelim) or to prevent the spread by food of communicable disease under [section 264 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section264&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall issue contaminant-specific and science-based guidance documents, including guidance documents regarding action levels, or regulations. Such guidance, including guidance regarding action levels, or regulations—
(1) shall apply to products or product classes;
(2) shall, where appropriate, differentiate between food for human consumption and food intended for consumption by animals other than humans; and
(3) shall not be written to be facility-specific.
**(c) No duplication of efforts** The Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture to avoid issuing duplicative guidance on the same contaminants.
**(d) Review** The Secretary shall periodically review and revise, as appropr
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**(a) In general** Not later than 1 year after January 4, 2011, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the working group described in subsection (b)(2), shall designate 5 Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (referred to in this section as the “Centers of Excellence”) to serve as resources for Federal, State, and local public health professionals to respond to foodborne illness outbreaks. The Centers of Excellence shall be headquartered at selected State health departments.
**(b) Selection of Centers of Excellence**
(1) **Eligible entities** — To be eligible to be designated as a Center of Excellence under subsection (a), an entity shall—
(A) be a State health department;
(B) partner with 1 or more institutions of higher education that have demonstrated knowledge, expertise, and meaningful experience with regional or national food production, processing, and distribution, as well as leadership in the laboratory, epidemiological, and environmental detection and investigation of foodborne illness; and
(C) provide to the Secretary such information, at such time, and in such manner, as the Secretary may require.
(2) **Working group** — Not later than 180 days after January 4, 2011, the Secretary shall establish a diverse working group of experts and stakeholders from Federal, State, and local food safety and health agencies, the food industry, including food retailers and food manufacturers, consumer organizations, and academia to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding designations of the Centers of Excellence.
(3) **Additional Centers of Excellence** — The Secretary may designate eligible entities to be regional Food Safety Centers of Excellence, in addition to the
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**(a) “Biobased product” defined** In this section, the term “biobased product” means a product suitable for food or nonfood use that is derived in whole or in part from renewable agricultural and forestry materials.
**(b) Coordination of biobased product activities** The Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(1) coordinate the research, technical expertise, economic information, and market information resources and activities of the Department to develop, commercialize, and promote the use of biobased products;
(2) solicit input from private sector persons who produce, or are interested in producing, biobased products;
(3) provide a centralized contact point for advice and technical assistance for promising and innovative biobased products; and
(4) submit an annual report to Congress describing the coordinated research, marketing, and commercialization activities of the Department relating to biobased products.
**(c) Cooperative agreements for biobased products**
(1) **Agreements authorized** — The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with private entities described in subsection (d), under which the facilities and technical expertise of the Agricultural Research Service and the Forest Service may be made available to operate pilot plants and other large-scale preparation facilities for the purpose of bringing technologies necessary for the development and commercialization of new biobased products to the point of practical application.
(2) **Description of cooperative activities** — Cooperative activities may include—
(A) research on potential environmental impacts of a biobased product;
(B) methods to reduce the cost of manufacturing a biobased product; and
(C) other appropriate research.
(3) **Authority of Secretary** — To carry out a cooperat
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**(a) In general** The Secretary may award grants to States and Indian tribes (as defined in [section 5304(e) of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304/e&num=0&edition=prelim)) to expand participation in networks to enhance Federal, State, and local food safety efforts, including meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining the food safety surveillance, technical, and laboratory capacity needed for such participation.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations** For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $19,500,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015.
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§ 2252
voluntary inspection of non-amenable species
under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.);
(2) alter the jurisdiction between the Alco-
hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and
the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
under applicable statutes and regulations;
(3) limit the authority of the Secretary of
Health and Human Services under—
(A) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) as in effect on the
day before January 4, 2011; or
(B) the Public Health Service Act [42
U.S.C. 201 et seq.] as in effect on the day be-
fore January 4, 2011;
(4) alter or limit the authority of the Sec-
retary of Agriculture under the laws adminis-
tered by such Secretary, including—
(A) the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
(B) the Poultry Products Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.);
(C) the Egg Products Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 1031 et seq.);
(D) the United States Grain Standards Act
(7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.);
(E) the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921
(7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.);
(F) the United States Warehouse Act (7
U.S.C. 241 et seq.);
(G) the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.); and
(H) the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), reenacted with the
amendments made by the Agricultural Mar-
keting Agreement Act of 1937; or
(5) alter, impede, or affect the authority of
the Secretary of Homeland Security under the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et
seq.) or any other statute, including any au-
thority related to securing the borders of the
United States, managing ports of entry, or ag-
ricultural import and entry inspection activi-
ties.
(Pub. L. 111–353, title IV, § 403, Jan. 4, 2011, 124
Stat. 3972.)
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