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(2) originates in the customs territory of the
United States (other than the State of Alaska) and
transits through the customs territory of Canada di-
rectly before entering the State of Alaska.
(c) SEALED CARGO AREAS.—A cargo area of any com-
mercial truck carrying an agricultural product shall re-
main sealed during transit through Canada.
SEC. 11081. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE
TRANSPARENCY.
(a) REPORTS ON CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.—For
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture quarterly reports that describe the costs
and contracting procedures relating to each conference or
meeting held by the Department of Agriculture during the
quarter covered by the report for which the cost to the Fed-
eral Government was more than $10,000.
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each report submitted under
subsection (a) shall include, for each conference and meeting
covered by the report—
(1) a description of the number participants at-
tending, and the purpose of those participants for at-
tending, the conference or meeting;
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(2) a detailed statement of the costs incurred by
the Federal Government relating to that conference or
meeting, including—
(A) the cost of any food or beverages;
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
(C) the cost of all related travel; and
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to
determine which costs relate to that conference or
meeting; and
(3) a description of the contracting procedures
relating to that conference or meeting, including—
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a
competitive basis; and
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison
conducted by the Department of Agriculture in
evaluating potential contractors for any con-
ference or meeting.
(c) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
(1) DEFINITION OF CONFERENCE.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘conference’’ means a meeting
that—
(A) is held for consultation, education,
awareness, or discussion;
(B) includes participants who are not all
employees of the same agency;
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(C) is not held entirely at an agency facil-
ity;
(D) involves costs associated with travel and
lodging for some participants; and
(E) is sponsored by 1 or more agencies, 1
or more organizations that are not agencies, or
a combination of those agencies or organizations.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than September 30 of
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry of the Senate, and post on the public
website of the Department of Agriculture in a search-
able, electronic format, a report on each conference for
which the Department of Agriculture paid travel ex-
penses during the fiscal year covered by the report,
including—
(A) a description of—
(i) the itemized expenses paid by the
Department of Agriculture, including travel
expenses and any other expenditures to sup-
port the conference;
(ii) the primary sponsor of the con-
ference; and
(iii) the location of the conference; and
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(B) in the case of a conference for which the
Department of Agriculture was the primary
sponsor, a statement that—
(i) justifies the location selected;
(ii) demonstrates the cost efficiency of
the location;
(iii) specifies the date or dates of the
conference;
(iv) includes a brief explanation of the
ways in which the conference advanced the
mission of the Department of Agriculture;
and
(v) specifies the total number of indi-
viduals whose travel or attendance at the
conference was paid for, in whole or in
part, by the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 11082. REPORT RELATING TO THE ENDING OF CHILD-
HOOD HUNGER IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the United States has the highest rate of
childhood poverty in the industrialized world, with
over 1⁄5 of all children of the United States living in
poverty, and almost half of those children living in
extreme poverty;
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(2) childhood poverty in the United States is
growing rather than diminishing;
(3) households with children experience hunger
at more than double the rate as compared to house-
holds without children;
(4) hunger is a major problem in the United
States, with the Department of Agriculture reporting
that 12 percent of the citizens of the United States
(approximately 35,000,000 citizens) could not put
food on the table of those citizens at some point dur-
ing 2006;
(5) of the 35,000,000 citizens of the United
States that have very low food security—
(A) 98 percent of those citizens worried that
money would run out before those citizens ac-
quired more money to buy more food;
(B) 96 percent of those citizens had to cut
the size of the meals of those citizens or even go
without meals because those citizens did not have
enough money to purchase appropriate quan-
tities of food; and
(C) 94 percent of those citizens could not af-
ford to eat balanced meals;
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(6) the phrase ‘‘people with very low food secu-
rity’’, a new phrase in our national lexicon, in simple
terms means ‘‘people who are hungry’’;
(7) 30 percent of black and Hispanic children,
and 40 percent of low income children, live in house-
holds that do not have access to nutritionally ade-
quate diets that are necessary for an active and
healthy life;
(8) the increasing lack of access of the citizens of
the United States to nutritionally adequate diets is a
significant factor from which the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention concluded
that ‘‘during the past 20 years there has been a dra-
matic increase in obesity in the United States’’;
(9) during the last 3 decades, childhood obesity
has—
(A) more than doubled for preschool chil-
dren and adolescents; and
(B) more than tripled for children between
the ages of 6 and 11 years;
(10) as of the date of enactment of this Act, ap-
proximately 9,000,000 children who are 6 years old
or older are considered obese;
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(11) scientists have demonstrated that there is an
inverse relation between obesity and doing well in
school; and
(12) a study published in Pediatrics found that
‘‘6- to 11-year-old food-insufficient children had sig-
nificantly lower arithmetic scores and were more like-
ly to have repeated a grade, have seen a psychologist,
and have had difficulty getting along with other chil-
dren’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) it is a national disgrace that many millions
of citizens of the United States, a disproportionate
number of whom are children, are going hungry in
this great nation, which is the wealthiest country in
the history of the world;
(2) because the strong commitment of the United
States to family values is deeply undermined when
families and children go hungry, the United States
has a moral obligation to abolish hunger; and
(3) through a variety of initiatives (including
large funding increases in nutrition programs of the
Federal Government), the United States should abol-
ish child hunger and food insufficiency in the United
States by the 2013.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the rel-
evant committees of Congress a report that describes the best
and most cost-effected manner by which the Federal Govern-
ment could allocate an increased amount of funds to new
programs and programs in existence as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act to achieve the goal of abolishing child hun-
ger and food insufficiency in the United States by 2013.
SEC. 11083. NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANT TO ADDRESS EF-
FECTS OF GREENSBURG, KANSAS TORNADO.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) COVERED FUNDS.—The term ‘‘covered funds’’
means funds provided under section 173 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) to a
State that submits an application under that section
not earlier than May 4, 2007, for a national emer-
gency grant to address the effects of the May 4, 2007,
Greensburg, Kansas tornado.
(2) PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES.—The
term ‘‘professional municipal services’’ means services
that are necessary to facilitate the recovery of Greens-
burg, Kansas from that tornado, and necessary to
plan for or provide basic management and adminis-
trative services, which may include—
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(A) the overall coordination of disaster re-
covery and humanitarian efforts, oversight, and
enforcement of building code compliance, and co-
ordination of health and safety response units; or
(B) the delivery of humanitarian assistance
to individuals affected by that tornado.
(b) TEMPORARY PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND
SERVICES.—Covered funds may be used to provide tem-
porary public sector employment and services authorized
under section 173 of such Act to individuals affected by such
tornado, including individuals who were unemployed on the
date of the tornado, or who are without employment history,
in addition to individuals who are eligible for disaster relief
employment under section 173(d)(2) of such Act.
(c) PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES.—Covered
funds may be used to provide professional municipal serv-
ices for a period of not more than 24 months, by hiring
or contracting with individuals or organizations (including
individuals employed by contractors) that the State in-
volved determines are necessary to provide professional mu-
nicipal services.
(d) LIMITATION.—Covered funds expended under this
section may be spent on costs incurred not earlier than May
4, 2007.
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SEC. 11084. REPORT ON PROGRAM RESULTS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
that describes—
(1) each program of the Department of Agri-
culture that has received a Program Assessment Rat-
ing Tool score of ‘‘results not demonstrated’’; and
(2) for each such program—
(A) the reasons that the program has not
been able to demonstrate results;
(B) the steps being taken by the program to
address those reasons; and
(C) a description of anything that might be
necessary to facilitate the demonstration of re-
sults.
SEC. 11085. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE U.S. DEPART-
MENT OF AGRICULTURE’S WILDLIFE SERV-
ICES COMPETING AGAINST PRIVATE INDUS-
TRY FOR NUISANCE BIRD CONTROL WORK.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that:
(1) The Wildlife Services Division of the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture (referred to in this section as
‘‘Wildlife Services’’ helps agricultural producers man-
age nuisance wildlife problems;
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(2) Wildlife Services personnel also manage nui-
sance wildlife in non-agricultural settings, including
urban areas;
(3) Congress granted the Secretary the authority
to engage in wildlife animal damage activities in the
Act of March 2, 1931, and the Rural Development,
Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1988;
(4) Title I of the Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 ex-
pressly prohibits the Secretary from performing
‘‘urban rodent’’ control but does not define the term;
(5) There are more than 19,000 professional pest
management companies in the United States, a sig-
nificant percentage of which manage nuisance birds
such as European starlings, house sparrows, and pi-
geons in urban areas;
(6) The industry employs more than 115,000
service personnel who perform over 60,000,000 serv-
ices annually for residential and commercial clients
in every market of the United States;
(7) In areas where the private sector has the ca-
pacity to provide nuisance wildlife services, the lim-
ited resources of Wildlife Services would be better used
to assist agricultural producers with management of
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predators and other depredatory species that prey on
livestock and sport and farm fish, and damage crops.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the Sense of the
Senate that—
(1) Wildlife Services should neither compete nor
condone competition with the private sector for busi-
ness regarding the management of nuisance wildlife
problems in urban areas where private sector services
are available;
(2) Wildlife Services, prior to entering into any
cooperative agreement for wildlife damage manage-
ment activities, should inform cooperators of the
availability of and their right to acquire services from
private service providers;
(3) the Secretary of Agriculture should ensure
that Wildlife Services does not aggressively compete
with the private pest management industry for Euro-
pean starling, house sparrow, and pigeon control
work in urban areas where private sector services are
available;
(4) the Secretary of Agriculture should rely on
scientific and widely accepted definitions to define the
term ‘‘urban rodent,’’ as used in the Rural Develop-
ment, Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropria-
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tions Act of 1988, in order to clarify the express re-
strictions in that law on Wildlife Services activities;
(5) the Secretary should direct Wildlife Services
to work with private industry, through a Memo-
randum of Understanding, to delineate common areas
of cooperation so that issues of competition are ad-
dressed, taking into account the interests of the wild-
life resources and the need to manage damage caused
by that resource.
SEC. 11086. OVERSIGHT OF NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL
HEALTH PLAN.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘advisory
committee’’ means the General Advisory Committee
for Oversight of National Aquatic Animal Health es-
tablished under subsection (b)(1).
(2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the national
aquatic animal health plan developed by the National
Aquatic Animal Health Task Force, composed of rep-
resentatives of the Department of Agriculture, the De-
partment of Commerce (including the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration), and the De-
partment of the Interior (including the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service).
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(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service.
(b) GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR OVERSIGHT
OF NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary,
in consultation with States and the private sector,
shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as
the ‘‘General Advisory Committee for Oversight of Na-
tional Aquatic Animal Health’’.
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—
(A) COMPOSITION.—The advisory committee
shall—
(i) be composed equally of representa-
tives of—
(I) State and tribal governments;
and
(II) commercial aquaculture in-
terests; and
(ii) consist of not more than 20 mem-
bers, to be appointed by the Secretary, of
whom—
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(I) not less than 3 shall be rep-
resentatives of Federal departments or
agencies;
(II) not less than 6 shall be rep-
resentatives of State or tribal govern-
ments that elect to participate in the
plan under subsection (d);
(III) not less than 6 shall be rep-
resentatives of affected commercial
aquaculture interests; and
(IV) not less than 2 shall be
aquatic animal health experts, as de-
termined by the Secretary, of whom at
least 1 shall be a doctor of veterinary
medicine.
(B) NOMINATIONS.—The Secretary shall
publish in the Federal Register a solicitation for,
and may accept, nominations for members of the
advisory committee from appropriate entities, as
determined by the Secretary.
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the advisory
committee shall develop and submit to the Secretary
recommendations regarding—
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(A) the establishment and membership of
appropriate expert and representative commis-
sions to efficiently implement and administer the
plan;
(B) disease- and species-specific best man-
agement practices relating to activities carried
out under the plan; and
(C) the establishment and administration of
the indemnification fund under subsection (e).
(2) FACTORS
FOR
CONSIDERATION.—In devel-
oping recommendations under paragraph (1), the ad-
visory committee shall take into consideration all
emergency aquaculture-related projects that have been
or are being carried out under the plan as of the date
of submission of the recommendations.
(3) REGULATIONS.—After consideration of the
recommendations submitted under this subsection, the
Secretary shall promulgate regulations to establish a
national aquatic animal health improvement pro-
gram, in accordance with the Animal Health Protec-
tion Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.).
(d) PARTICIPATION BY STATE AND TRIBAL GOVERN-
MENTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Any State or tribal govern-
ment, and any entity in the private sector, may elect
to participate in the plan.
(2) DUTIES.—On election by a State or tribal
government or entity in the private sector to partici-
pate in the plan under paragraph (1), the State or
tribal government or entity shall—
(A) submit to the Secretary—
(i) a notification of the election; and
(ii) nominations for members of the
advisory committee, as appropriate; and
(B) as a condition of participation, enter
into an agreement with the Secretary under
which the State or tribal government or entity—
(i) assumes responsibility for a portion
of the non-Federal share of the costs of car-
rying out the plan, as described in para-
graph (3); and
(ii) agrees to act in accordance with
applicable disease- and species-specific best
management practices relating to activities
carried out under the plan by the State or
tribal government or entity, as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate.
(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the non-Federal share of the cost of carrying
out the plan—
(i) shall be determined—
(I) by the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the advisory committee; and
(II) on a case-by-case basis for
each project carried out under the
plan; and
(ii) may be provided by State and
tribal governments and entities in the pri-
vate sector in cash or in-kind.
(B) 
DEPOSITS
INTO
INDEMNIFICATION
FUND.—The non-Federal share of amounts in the
indemnification fund provided by each State or
tribal government or entity in the private sector
shall be—
(i) zero with respect to the initial de-
posit into the fund; and
(ii) determined on a case-by-case basis
for each project carried out under the plan.
(e) INDEMNIFICATION FUND.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the advisory committee, shall establish
a fund, to be known as the ‘‘indemnification fund’’,
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consisting of such amounts as are initially deposited
into the fund by the Secretary under subsection
(g)(1).
(2) USES.—The Secretary shall use amounts in
the indemnification fund only to compensate aquatic
farmers—
(A) the entire inventory of livestock or
gametes of which is eradicated as a result of a
disease control or eradication measure carried
out under the plan; or
(B) for the cost of disinfecting, destruction,
and cleaning products or equipment in response
to a depopulation order carried out under the
plan.
(3) UNUSED AMOUNTS.—Amounts remaining in
the indemnification fund on September 30 of the fis-
cal year for which the amounts were appropriated—
(A) shall remain in the fund;
(B) may be used in any subsequent fiscal
year in accordance with paragraph (2); and
(C) shall not be reprogrammed by the Sec-
retary for any other use.
(f) REVIEW.—Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with
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the advisory committee, shall review, and submit to Con-
gress a report regarding—
(1) activities carried out under the plan during
the preceding 2 years;
(2) activities carried out by the advisory com-
mittee; and
(3) recommendations for funding for subsequent
fiscal years to carry out this section.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, of
which—
(1) not less than 50 percent shall be deposited
into the indemnification fund established under sub-
section (e) for use in accordance with that subsection;
and
(2) not more than 50 percent shall be used for
the costs of carrying out the plan, including the costs
of—
(A) administration of the plan;
(B) implementation of the plan;
(C) training and laboratory testing;
(D) cleaning and disinfection associated
with depopulation orders; and
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(E) public education and outreach activi-
ties.
SEC. 11087. FOOD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
(a) REPORTABLE FOOD REGISTRIES.—
(1) FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION.—The Federal
Meat Inspection Act is amended—
(A) by redesignating section 411 (21 U.S.C.
680) as section 412; and
(B) by inserting after section 410 (21
U.S.C. 679a) the following:
‘‘SEC. 411. REPORTABLE FOOD EVENT.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) REPORTABLE FOOD.—The term ‘reportable
food’ means meat or a meat food product under this
Act for which there is a reasonable probability that
the use of, or exposure to, the meat or meat food prod-
uct will cause serious adverse health consequences or
death to humans or animals.
‘‘(2) REGISTRY.—The term ‘Registry’ means the
registry established under subsection (b).
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBLE PARTY.—The term ‘respon-
sible party’, with respect to a reportable food, means
an operator of an establishment subject to inspection
under this Act at which the reportable food is manu-
factured, processed, packed, or held.
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‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of the Food and Energy Secu-
rity Act of 2007, the Secretary shall establish within
the Department of Agriculture a Reportable Meat
Registry to which information concerning reportable
food may be submitted via an electronic portal,
from—
‘‘(A) employees of the Food Safety and In-
spection Service;
‘‘(B) Federal, State, and local public health
officials; and
‘‘(C) responsible parties.
‘‘(2) REVIEW
BY
SECRETARY.—The Secretary
shall promptly review and assess the information sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) for the purposes of—
‘‘(A) identifying reportable food;
‘‘(B) submitting entries to the Registry;
‘‘(C) taking actions under subsection (c);
and
‘‘(D) exercising other food safety authority
of the Secretary to protect the health and safety
of humans and animals.
‘‘(c) ISSUANCE OF AN ALERT BY THE SECRETARY.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue, or
cause to be issued, an alert or a notification with re-
spect to a reportable food using information from the
Registry as the Secretary considers necessary to pro-
tect the health and safety of humans and animals.
‘‘(2) EFFECT.—Paragraph (1) shall not affect
the authority of the Secretary to issue an alert or a
notification under any other provision of law.
‘‘(d) REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), as soon as practicable, but in no case later
than 24 hours after a responsible party determines
that meat or meat food product is a reportable food,
the responsible party shall—
‘‘(A) submit a report to the Secretary
through the Registry that includes information
described in subsection (e) (other than the infor-
mation described in paragraphs (7), (8), and (9)
of that subsection); and
‘‘(B) investigate the cause of the event that
caused the meat or meat food product to be a re-
portable food, if the reportable food originated
with the responsible party.
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‘‘(2) NO
REPORT
REQUIRED.—A responsible
party shall not be required to submit a report under
paragraph (1) if—
‘‘(A) the adulteration or misbranding origi-
nated with the responsible party;
‘‘(B) the responsible party detected the adul-
teration or misbranding prior to any transfer to
another person of the meat or meat food product;
and
‘‘(C) the responsible party—
‘‘(i) corrected the adulteration or mis-
branding; or
‘‘(ii) destroyed or caused the destruc-
tion of the meat or meat food product.
‘‘(3) REPORT NUMBER.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that, upon submission of a report under para-
graph (1), a unique number is issued through the
Registry to the person submitting the report, by which
the Secretary is able—
‘‘(A) to link reports about the reportable
food submitted and amended under this sub-
section; and
‘‘(B) identify the supply chain for the re-
portable food.
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‘‘(4) RESPONSE TO REPORT SUBMITTED BY A RE-
SPONSIBLE PARTY.—After consultation with the re-
sponsible party that submitted a report under para-
graph (1), the Secretary may require the responsible
party to perform, as soon as practicable, but in no
case later than a time specified by the Secretary, 1
or more of the following, as determined by the Sec-
retary:
‘‘(A) Amend the report submitted by the re-
sponsible party under paragraph (1) to include
the information described in subsection (e)(8).
‘‘(B) Provide a notification—
‘‘(i) to the immediate previous source
of the reportable food;
‘‘(ii) to the immediate subsequent re-
cipient of the reportable food; and
‘‘(iii) that includes—
‘‘(I) the information described in
subsection (e) that the Secretary con-
siders necessary;
‘‘(II) the actions described under
paragraph (5) that the recipient of the
notification shall perform, as required
by the Secretary; and
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‘‘(III) any other information that
the Secretary may require.
‘‘(5) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS
AND
NOTIFICA-
TIONS.—Except as provided in paragraph (6), the
Secretary may require a responsible party to perform,
as soon as practicable, but in no case later than a
time specified by the Secretary, after the responsible
party receives a notification under subparagraph (C)
or paragraph (4)(B), 1 or more of the following:
‘‘(A) Submit a report to the Secretary
through the Registry established under subsection
(b) that includes the information described in
subsection (e) and other information that the
Secretary considers necessary.
‘‘(B) Investigate the cause of the adultera-
tion or misbranding if the adulteration or mis-
branding of the reportable food may have origi-
nated with the responsible party.
‘‘(C) Provide a notification—
‘‘(i) to the immediate previous source
of the reportable food;
‘‘(ii) to the immediate subsequent re-
cipient of the reportable food; and
‘‘(iii) that includes—
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‘‘(I) the information described in
subsection (e) that the Secretary con-
siders necessary;
‘‘(II) the actions described under
this paragraph that the recipient of the
notification shall perform, as required
by the Secretary; and
‘‘(III) any other information that
the Secretary may require.
‘‘(6) AMENDED REPORT.—If a responsible party
receives a notification under paragraph (4)(B) or
paragraph (5)(C) with respect to a reportable food
after the responsible party has submitted a report to
the Secretary under paragraph (1) with respect to the
reportable food, the responsible party—
‘‘(A) shall not be required to submit an ad-
ditional report or make a notification under
paragraph (5); and
‘‘(B) the responsible party shall amend the
report submitted by the responsible party under
paragraph (1) to include the information de-
scribed in paragraph (7), and, with respect to
both the notification and the report, paragraph
(10) of subsection (e).
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‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The information described in this
subsection is the following:
‘‘(1) The date on which the meat or meat food
product was determined to be a reportable food.
‘‘(2) A description of the reportable food, includ-
ing the quantity of the reportable food.
‘‘(3) The extent and nature of the adulteration or
misbranding.
‘‘(4) If the adulteration or misbranding of the re-
portable food may have originated with the respon-
sible party, the results of the investigation required
under paragraph (1)(B) or (5)(B) of subsection (d),
as applicable, and when known.
‘‘(5) The disposition of the reportable food, if
known.
‘‘(6) Product information typically found on
packaging including product codes, use-by dates, and
the names of manufacturers, packers, or distributors
sufficient to identify the reportable food.
‘‘(7) Contact information for the responsible
party.
‘‘(8) The contact information for parties directly
linked in the supply chain and notified under para-
graph (4)(B) or (5)(C) of subsection (d), as applica-
ble.
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‘‘(9) The information required by the Secretary
to be included in a notification provided by the re-
sponsible party involved under paragraph (4)(B) or
(5)(C) of subsection (d) or required in a report under
subsection (d)(5)(A).
‘‘(10) The unique number described in subsection
(d)(3).
‘‘(f) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
EFFORTS.—
‘‘(1) FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) share information and coordinate reg-
ulatory efforts with the Commissioner of Food
and Drugs; and
‘‘(B) if the Secretary receives a report sub-
mitted about a food within the jurisdiction of the
Commissioner, promptly provide the report to
the Commissioner.
‘‘(2) STATES AND LOCALITIES.—In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall work with the State
and local public health officials to share information
that is not confidential commercial or financial infor-
mation protected under section 552(b)(4) of title 5,
United States Code, and coordinate regulatory efforts,
in order to—