{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/s398","title_num":"21","num":"§ 398.","heading":"Notices to States regarding imported food","status":null,"guid":"idc9c7e7e6-f339-11ed-b7d6-eb7e2ad38908","source_credit":"(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1008, formerly § 908, as added Pub. L. 107–188, title III, § 310, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 673; renumbered § 1008, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784.)","seq_in_title":392,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch9/schX","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21","level":"title","num":"Title 21—","heading":"FOOD AND DRUGS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch9","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 9—","heading":"FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch9/schX","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER X—","heading":"MISCELLANEOUS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id419288aa-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s398\"><num value=\"398\">§ 398.</num><heading> Notices to States regarding imported food</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id419288ab-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s398/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> In general</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">If the Secretary has credible evidence or information indicating that a shipment of imported food or portion thereof presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals, the Secretary shall provide notice regarding such threat to the States in which the food is held or will be held, and to the States in which the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of the food is located, to the extent that the Secretary has knowledge of which States are so involved. In providing notice to a State, the Secretary shall request the State to take such action as the State considers appropriate, if any, to protect the public health regarding the food involved.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id419288ac-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s398/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Rule of construction</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Subsection (a) may not be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary with respect to food under any other provision of this chapter.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id419288ad-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1938-06-25/ch675/s1008\">June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1008</ref>, formerly § 908, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/107/188/tIII/s310\">Pub. L. 107–188, title III, § 310</ref>, <date date=\"2002-06-12\">June 12, 2002</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/116/673\">116 Stat. 673</ref>; renumbered § 1008, <ref href=\"/us/pl/111/31/dA/tI/s101/b/2\">Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2)</ref>, <date date=\"2009-06-22\">June 22, 2009</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/123/1784\">123 Stat. 1784</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"118-3","currency_date":"2023-04-10","congress":118,"law_num":3,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":302,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","03","05","05a","06","07","08","10","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","25","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","35","36","37","38","40","41","42","43","44","46","47","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"118-3","currency_date":"2023-04-10","congress":118,"law_num":3,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":302,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","03","05","05a","06","07","08","10","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","25","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","35","36","37","38","40","41","42","43","44","46","47","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-29","currency_date":"2019-07-05","congress":116,"law_num":29,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":177,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","06","07","15","16","19","21","26","34","38","42","43","48","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}