Sec. 701. Technical assistance
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Title V of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 683 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new sections: The Secretary shall establish in the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture a technical assistance division to coordinate the initiatives of any other appropriate agency of the Department of Agriculture to provide, with respect to compliance with this Act— outreach, education, and training to very small or certain small establishments; and grants to appropriate State agencies, educational institutions, or non-governmental organizations, or networks or partnerships of such agencies, such institutions, or such organizations, to provide outreach, technical assistance, education, and training to very small or certain small establishments.
The technical assistance division shall be comprised of individuals that, as determined by the Secretary— are of a quantity sufficient to carry out the duties of the technical assistance division; and possess appropriate qualifications and expertise relating to the duties of the technical assistance division. In this section, the term certain small establishment means an establishment that meets the requirements for establishments described in section 332.3 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (issued pursuant to section 501), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 . .
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transfer the functions, personnel, and assets of the technical division established under section 501(f) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 683 et seq. ) (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) to the technical division required to be established under section 502 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as added by paragraph (1). Section 501 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 683 et seq.) is amended— in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii), by striking subsection
(j)and inserting subsection
(i); in subsection (e)(i), by striking subsection
(j)and inserting subsection
(i); by striking subsection (f); and by redesignating subsections
(g)through
(j)as subsections
(f)through (i), respectively. The Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The technical assistance division of the Food Safety and Inspection Service established under section 502 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act shall coordinate the initiatives of any other appropriate agency of the Department of Agriculture to provide, with respect to compliance with this Act— outreach, education, and training to very small or certain small establishments; and grants to appropriate State agencies, educational institutions, or non-governmental organizations, or networks or partnerships of such agencies, such institutions, or such organizations, to provide outreach, technical assistance, education, and training to very small or certain small establishments. In this section, the term certain small establishment means an establishment that meets the requirements for establishments described in section 381.513 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (issued pursuant to section 31), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 . .
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