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title: "21 U.S.C. § 398"
description: "Notices to States regarding imported food"
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title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
chapter_number: "9"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
section: "398"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 398"
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# 21 U.S.C. § 398 - Notices to States regarding imported food
## Text
(a) In general 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.
(b) Rule of construction Subsection (a) may not be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary with respect to food under any other provision of this chapter.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1008, formerly § 908, as added Pub. L. 107188, title III, § 310, June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 673; renumbered § 1008, Pub. L. 11131, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784.)