Current as of: January 2009 (a) Inspection Procedures. -
(1) In general. - The Secretary of Transportation, in
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and
the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish procedures for
transportation safety inspections for the purpose of identifying
suspected incidents of contamination or adulteration of -
(A) food in violation of regulations promulgated under
section 416 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;
(B) a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, meat food product, or
animal subject to detention under section 402 of the Federal
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 672); and
(C) poultry products or poultry subject to detention under
section 19 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
467a).
(2) Training. -
(A) In general. - The Secretary of Transportation shall
develop and carry out a training program to conduct enforcement
of this chapter and regulations prescribed under this chapter
or compatible State laws and regulations.
(B) Conduct. - In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary
of Transportation shall train inspectors, including Department
of Transportation personnel, State employees described under
subsection (c), or personnel paid with funds authorized under
sections 31102 and 31104, in the recognition of adulteration
problems associated with the transportation of cosmetics,
devices, drugs, food, and food additives and in the procedures
for obtaining assistance of the appropriate departments,
agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government and State
authorities to support the enforcement.
(3) Applicability. - The procedures established under paragraph
(1) shall apply, at a minimum, to Department of Transportation
personnel that perform commercial motor vehicle or railroad
safety inspections.
(b) Notification of Secretary of Health and Human Services or
Secretary of Agriculture. - The Secretary of Transportation shall
promptly notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the
Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, of any instances of
potential food contamination or adulteration of a food identified
during transportation safety inspections.
(c) Use of State Employees. - The means by which the Secretary of
Transportation carries out subsection (b) may include inspections
conducted by State employees using funds authorized to be
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