21 U.S.C. § 2102 — Ensuring the safety of pet food

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This law requires the Secretary to set processing and labeling standards for pet food. The Secretary must also build an early warning system to detect pet food contamination and illness outbreaks. The system must coordinate with existing health surveillance networks and notify veterinarians during recalls.

(a) Within 2 years of September 27, 2007, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must issue rules on pet food. The Secretary must talk with the Association of American Feed Control Officials and other groups, including animal-doctor groups and pet food makers. Those rules must set steps for making pet food. They must also update how pet food is labeled, adding food and ingredient facts.

(b) Within 1 year of September 27, 2007, the Secretary must set up a system to catch problems early. This system must find tainted pet food and sickness linked to it.

In building this system, the Secretary must do several things. The Secretary must look at tools already used to track human and animal health. Examples include the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, PulseNet, the Food Emergency Response Network, and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. The Secretary must also talk with doctor groups and private animal hospitals. The Secretary must work with alert systems, such as the National Companion Animal Surveillance Program or the Health Alert Network. These systems help tell vets about any pet food recall. Lastly, the Secretary may use any other facts or steps that seem right.

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- Codified at 21 U.S.C. § 2102, titled "Ensuring the safety of pet food." - Enacted by Pub. L. 110–85, title X, § 1002, on September 27, 2007 (121 Stat. 963). - Subsequently amended once, by Pub. L. 115–234, title III, § 306(b), Aug. 14, 2018 (132 Stat. 2441). - Section text comprises 261 words across two subsections addressing processing/labeling standards and early warning surveillance systems. - Source credit contains two amendment references.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a) Processing and ingredient standards

Not later than 2 years after September 27, 2007, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this chapter as the “Secretary”), in consultation with the Association of American Feed Control Officials and other relevant stakeholder groups, including veterinary medical associations, animal health organizations, and pet food manufacturers, shall by regulation establish—

(1)

processing standards for pet food; and

(2)

updated standards for the labeling of pet food that include nutritional and ingredient information.

(b) Early warning surveillance systems and notification during pet food recalls

Not later than 1 year after September 27, 2007, the Secretary shall establish an early warning and surveillance system to identify adulteration of the pet food supply and outbreaks of illness associated with pet food. In establishing such system, the Secretary shall—

(1)

consider using surveillance and monitoring mechanisms similar to, or in coordination with, those used to monitor human or animal health, such as the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) and PulseNet of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food Emergency Response Network of the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture, and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network of the Department of Agriculture;

(2)

consult with relevant professional associations and private sector veterinary hospitals;

(3)

work with the National Companion Animal Surveillance Program, the Health Alert Network, or other notification networks as appropriate to inform veterinarians and relevant stakeholders during any recall of pet food; and

(4)

use such information and conduct such other activities as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–85, title X, § 1002, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 963; Pub. L. 115–234, title III, § 306(b), Aug. 14, 2018, 132 Stat. 2441.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-85 · 121 Stat. 963
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-234 · 132 Stat. 2441

The source credit indicates that this section was enacted as part of Public Law 110–85, title X, § 1002, on September 27, 2007, and published at 121 Stat. 963. It was subsequently amended once, by Public Law 115–234, title III, § 306(b), on August 14, 2018, at 132 Stat. 2441. Beyond these two entries, the record does not reflect further amendment activity. Public Law 110–85 is the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, a broad statute reauthorizing and expanding several FDA programs. The pet food safety provisions are generally understood to have been added in response to a widely publicized 2007 contamination crisis, in which pet food ingredients tainted with melamine were linked to illness and death in cats and dogs across the United States. That episode is commonly cited as having exposed gaps in ingredient sourcing oversight, labeling standards, and the government's ability to detect and respond quickly to contamination in the pet food supply chain. Against that backdrop, provisions directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish processing and labeling standards, and to create an early warning surveillance system, are consistent with the commonly understood aim of improving detection of adulteration and coordination among regulatory and veterinary networks. The record does not, however, establish the specific legislative deliberations or rationale behind the precise mechanisms chosen in subsection (b), and no further inference should be drawn beyond this general historical association.

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