Sec. 303. Public education and advisory system
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The Secretary, in collaboration with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and in cooperation with private and public organizations, including the cooperative extension services and building on the efforts of appropriate State and local entities, shall establish a national public education program on food safety. The program shall provide— information to the public regarding Federal standards and best practices and promotion of public awareness, understanding, and acceptance of those standards and practices; information for health professionals— to improve diagnosis and treatment of food-related illness; and to advise individuals at special risk for food-related illnesses; information to increase consumer and health professional awareness of relative risks of different regulated products and consumer practices in preparing, handling, and consuming the products; and such other information or advice to consumers and other persons as the Secretary determines will promote the purposes of this subtitle.
The Secretary, in consultation with other Federal departments and agencies as the Secretary determines necessary, shall work with the States and other appropriate entities— to develop and distribute regional and national advisories concerning food safety; to develop standardized formats for written and broadcast advisories; to incorporate State and local advisories into the national public education program established under subsection (a); and to present prompt, specific information regarding foods found to pose a threat to the public health.