21 U.S.C. § 691 — Omitted

Page 770 TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS § 691 shall establish in the Food Safety and Inspec- tion Service of the Department of Agriculture a technical assistance division to coordinate the initiatives of any other appropriate agen- cy of the Department of Agriculture to pro- vide— (A) outreach, education, and training to very small or certain small establishments (as defined by the Secretary); and (B) grants to appropriate State agencies to provide outreach, technical assistance, edu- cation, and training to very small or certain small establishments (as defined by the Sec- retary). (2) Personnel The technical assistance division shall be comprised of individuals that, as determined by the Secretary— (A) are of a quantity sufficient to carry out the duties of the technical assistance di- vision; and (B) possess appropriate qualifications and expertise relating to the duties of the tech- nical assistance division. (g) Transition grants The Secretary may provide grants to appro- priate State agencies to assist the appropriate State agencies in helping establishments cov- ered by subchapter III to transition to selected establishments. (h) Violations Any selected establishment that the Secretary determines to be in violation of any requirement of this chapter shall be transitioned to a Federal establishment in accordance with a procedure developed by the Secretary under subsection (b)(3)(A). (i) Effect Nothing in this section limits the jurisdiction of the Secretary with respect to the regulation of meat and meat products under this chapter. (j) Effective date (1) In general This section takes effect on the date on which the Secretary, after providing a period of public comment (including through the con- duct of public meetings or hearings), promul- gates final regulations to carry out this sec- tion. (2) Requirement Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate final regulations in accord- ance with paragraph (1). (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, § 11015(a), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1362, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11015(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2124.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsecs. (b)(2)(B), (C)(ii), (iii), (3)(B)(i), (e)(2), and (j)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved June 18, 2008. Final regulations to carry out this section, referred to in subsec. (j)(1), were published in the Federal Reg- ister on May 2, 2011, eff. July 1, 2011; see 76 F.R. 24752. CODIFICATION Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture. SUBCHAPTER V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 691. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, Pub. L. 90–201, § 17, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 600; Pub. L. 103–437, § 8(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588, which required the Secretary of Agriculture to report annu- ally to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the slaughter of animals and the processing and distribution of car- casses and products, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 46 of House Document No. 103–7. § 692. Inspection extended to reindeer The provisions of the meat-inspection law may be extended to the inspection of reindeer. (June 30, 1914, ch. 131, 38 Stat. 420.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section and not as part of the Federal Meat Inspection Act which is classified to sub- chapters I to IV–A of this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 94 of this title. § 693. Inspection of dairy products for export The act of March 3, 1891, as amended, for the inspection of live cattle and products thereof, shall be deemed to include dairy products in- tended for exportation to any foreign country, and the Secretary of Agriculture may apply, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, the provisions of said act for inspection and certification appropriate for ascertaining the purity and quality of such products, and may cause the same to be so marked, stamped, or labeled as to secure their identity and make known in the markets of foreign countries to which they may be sent from the United States their purity, quality, and grade; and all the pro- visions of said act relating to live cattle and products thereof for export shall apply to dairy products so inspected and certified. (May 23, 1908, ch. 192, 35 Stat. 254.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of March 3, 1891, referred to in text, is act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 555, 26 Stat. 1089, which was superseded by