PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988
102 STAT. 1413
(E) the compliance status of each sample of such food tested and the violation rate for each country-product combination, and (F) the action taken with respect to each sample of such food found to be in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and its ultimate disposition, and (2) information on— (A) the country of origin of each imported food product referred to in paragraph (I)(A), and (B) the United States district of entry for each such imported food product. (c) VOLUME DATA.—The Food and Drug Administration shall use the computerized data management systems placed into effect under subsection (a)(1) to summarize the volume of each tjTpe of food product subject to the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which is imported into the United States and which has an entry value which exceeds an amount established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The summary shall be made by country of origin and district of entry. Information with respect to volumes of food products to be included in the summary shall, to the extent feasible, be obtained from data bases of other Federal agencies. (d) COMPILATION.—Not later than 90 days after the expiration of 1 year after the data management systems are placed into effect under subsection (a) and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall compile a summary of the information described in subsection (b) with respect to the previous year. When the Food and Drug Administration is able to make summaries under subsection (c), the Secretary shall include in the compilation under the preceding sentence a compilation of the information described in subsection (c). Compilations under this subsection shall be made available to Federal and State agencies and other interested persons. SEC. 4703. FOREIGN PESTICIDE INFORMATION. (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of Health
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Human Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with the governments of the countries which are the major sources of food imports into the United States subject to pesticide residue monitoring by the Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of improving the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to sissure compliance with the pesticide tolerance requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with regard to imported food. 0)) INFORMATION ACTIVITIES.—
(1) The cooperative agreements entered into under subsection (a) with governments of foreign countries shall specify the action to be taken by the parties to the agreements to accomplish the purpose described in subsection (a), including the means by which the governments of the foreign countries will provide to the Secretary of Health and Human Services current information identifying each of the pesticides used in the production, transportation, and storage of food products imported from production regions of such countries into the United States. (2) In the case of a foreign country with which the Secretary is unable to enter into an agreement under subsection (a) or for which the information provided under paragraph (1) is insuffi-
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