PUBLIC LAW 107-188—JUNE 12, 2002 116 STAT. 667 (e) IMPORTATION BY DEBARRED PERSONS. —Section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by section 303(c) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following 21 USC 381. subsection: "(k)(l) If an article of food is being imported or offered for import into the United States, and the importer, owner, or consignee of the article is a person who has been debarred under section 306(b)(3), such article shall be held at the port of entry for the article, and may not be delivered to such person. Subsection (b) does not authorize the delivery of the article pursuant to the execution of a bond while the article is so held. The article shall be removed to a secure facility, as appropriate. During the period of time that such article is so held, the article shall not be transferred by any person from the port of entry into the United States for the article, or from the secure facility to which the article has been removed, as the case may be. "(2) An article of food held under paragraph (1) may be delivered to a person who is not a debarred person under section 306(b)(3) if such person affirmatively establishes, at the expense of the person, that the article complies with the requirements of this Act, as determined by the Secretary.". SEC. 305. REGISTRATION OF FOOD FACILITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: i "SEC. 415. REGISTRATION OF FOOD FACILITIES. I 21 USC 350d. "(a) REGISTRATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall by regulation require Regulations. that any facility engaged in manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding food for consumption in the United States be registered with the Secretary. To be registered— "(A) for a domestic facility, the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the facility shall submit a registration to the Secretary; and "(B) for a foreign facility, the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the facility shall submit a registration to the Secretary and shall include with the registration the name of the United States agent for the facility. "(2) REGISTRATION. —An entity (referred to in this section as the 'registrant') shall submit a registration under paragraph (1) to the Secretary containing information necessary to notify the Secretary of the name and address of each facility at which, and all trade names under which, the registrant conducts business and, when determined necessary by the Secretary through guidance, the general food category (as identified under section 170.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations) of any food manufactured, processed, packed, or held at such facility. The registrant shall notify the Secretary in a timely Notification. manner of changes to such information. "(3) PROCEDURE.— Upon receipt of a completed registration Notification. described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify the registrant of the receipt of such registration and assign a registration number to each registered facility. "(4) LIST.— The Secretary shall compile and maintain an Records. up-to-date list of facilities that are registered under this section. Such list and any registration docimaents submitted pursuant
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