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[CITE: 49USC5708]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
                CHAPTER 57--SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 5708. Food transportation inspections

    (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.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 858.)

                                          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 S
tat. 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5709 of this title.
