7 USC § 7655 - Safe food handling education

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s7655"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 7655 - Safe food handling education"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "7655"
section_name: "Safe food handling education"
chapter_number: 103
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "General"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 616, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 606.)"
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# § 7655. Safe food handling education

The Secretary of Agriculture shall continue to develop a national program of safe food handling education for adults and young people to reduce the risk of food-borne illness. The national program shall be suitable for adoption and implementation through State cooperative extension services and school-based education programs.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 616, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 606.)