21 USC § 2103 - Ensuring efficient and effective communications during a recall

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s2103"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 2103 - Ensuring efficient and effective communications during a recall"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "2103"
section_name: "Ensuring efficient and effective communications during a recall"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–85, title X, § 1003, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 963.)"
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# § 2103. Ensuring efficient and effective communications during a recall

The Secretary shall, during an ongoing recall of human or pet food regulated by the Secretary—

**(1)** work with companies, relevant professional associations, and other organizations to collect and aggregate information pertaining to the recall;

**(2)** use existing networks of communication, including electronic forms of information dissemination, to enhance the quality and speed of communication with the public; and

**(3)** post information regarding recalled human and pet foods on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration in a single location, which shall include a searchable database of recalled human foods and a searchable database of recalled pet foods, that is easily accessed and understood by the public.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–85, title X, § 1003, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 963.)