21 U.S.C. § 1402 : US Code - Section 1402: Foreign pesticide information

Search 21 U.S.C. § 1402 : US Code - Section 1402: Foreign pesticide information

(a) Cooperative agreements
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into
cooperative agreements with the governments of the countries which
are the major sources of food imports into the United States
subject to pesticide residue monitoring by the Food and Drug
Administration for the purpose of improving the ability of the Food
and Drug Administration to assure compliance with the pesticide
tolerance requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
[21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] with regard to imported food.
(b) Information activities
(1) The cooperative agreements entered into under subsection (a)
of this section with governments of foreign countries shall specify
the action to be taken by the parties to the agreements to
accomplish the purpose described in subsection (a) of this section,
including the means by which the governments of the foreign
countries will provide to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services current information identifying each of the pesticides
used in the production, transportation, and storage of food
products imported from production regions of such countries into
the United States.
(2) In the case of a foreign country with which the Secretary is
unable to enter into an agreement under subsection (a) of this
section or for which the information provided under paragraph (1)
is insufficient to assure an effective pesticide monitoring
program, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, obtain the
information described in paragraph (1) with respect to such country
from other Federal or international agencies or private sources.
(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall assure that
appropriate offices of the Food and Drug Administration which are
engaged in the monitoring of imported food for pesticide residues
receive the information obtained under paragraph (1) or (2).
(4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make
available any information obtained under paragraph (1) or (2) to
State agencies engaged in the monitoring of imported food for
pesticide residues other than information obtained from private
sources the disclosure of which to such agencies is restricted.
(c) Coordination with other agencies
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall -
(1) notify in writing the Department of Agriculture, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of State at
the initiation of negotiations with a foreign country to develop
a cooperative agreement under subsection (a) of this section; and
(2) coordinate the activities of the Department of Health and
Human Services with the activities of those departments and
agencies, as appropriate, during the course of such negotiations.
(d) Report
Not later than one year after August 23, 1988, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall report to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate and the House of Representatives on
the activities undertaken by the Secretary to implement this
section. The report shall be made available to appropriate Federal
and State agencies and to interested persons.