49 USC Sec. 5708 01/26/98
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TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE III - GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 57 - SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION
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Sec. 5708. Food transportation inspections
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(a) General Authority. - For commercial motor vehicles, the
Secretary of Transportation may carry out this chapter and assist
in carrying out compatible State laws and regulations through means
that include inspections conducted by State employees that are paid
for with money authorized under section 31104 of this title, if the
recipient State agrees to assist in the enforcement of this chapter
or is enforcing compatible State laws and regulations.
(b) Providing Assistance. - On the request of the Secretary of
Transportation, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human
Services, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
and the heads of other appropriate departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities of the United States Government shall provide
assistance, to the extent available, to the Secretary of
Transportation to carry out this chapter, including assistance in
the training of personnel under a program established under
subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Training Program. - After consultation required by section
5709 of this title and consultation with the heads of appropriate
State transportation and food safety authorities, the Secretary of
Transportation shall develop and carry out a training program for
inspectors to conduct vigorous enforcement of this chapter and
regulations prescribed under this chapter or compatible State laws
and regulations. As part of the training program, the inspectors,
including State inspectors or personnel paid with money authorized
under section 31104 of this title, shall be trained 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.
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(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 858.)
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Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
Large)
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5708 49 App.:2808. Nov. 3, 1990, Pub.
L. 101-500, Sec. 9,
104 Stat. 1217.
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In subsections (a) and (c), the words ''authorized under section
31104 of this title'' are substituted for ''authorized under
sections 2302 through 2304 of this Appendix to carry out the motor
carrier safety assistance program'' in 49 App.:2808(a) and ''under
the motor carrier safety assistance program'' in 49 App.:2808(c)
for clarity and consistency in the revised title.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 5709 of this title.