1. Office of Seafood
2. Authority and Effective Date
1. OFFICE OF SEAFOOD (HFFBE).
a. Develops regulations, compliance policy, position papers, regulatory guidelines, and advisory opinions on seafood. Develops labeling requirements in coordination with other Center components.
b. Develops, implements, and manages voluntary and mandatory seafood safety programs, in coordination with other Agency and Federal organizational components.
c. Originates, plans, and conducts research on seafood, aquaculture, and seafood harvesting and processing as they may be affected by chemical, biotoxic, or microbial contamination.
d. Develops analytical methods to detect economic deception practices such as overbreading, watering, and species substitution.
e. Administers the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) and, in cooperation with the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, the NSSP Manual of Operations, and the Certified Shellfish Shellfish Shipping List (ICSSL).
f. Designs and coordinates evaluations of the effectiveness of Agency seafood programs.
g. Provides expert scientific and technical advice and assistance to the Center Director and other key officials on the conduct of international seafood activities, including the development and implementation of bilateral agreements.
h. Develops technical content for and participates in programs designed to improve compliance by industry through problem prevention.
i. Reviews proposed regulatory actions referred by the Office of Field Programs for program policy consideration and provides technical evaluation and necessary scientific support.
j. Serves as the principal Agency liaison on seafood programs and policies with industry, Federal, State, foreign, and other organizations outside the Agency.
2. AUTHORITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The functional statements for this Office were approved by the Secretary, Health and Human Services, effective and published in the Federal Register on .
Organizational Chart:
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND APPLIED NUTRITION
OFFICE OF PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF SEAFOOD
DIVISION OF PROGRAMS AND ENFORCEMENT POLICY
A. Policy Guidance Branch
B. Program and Enforcement Branch
DIVISION OF SCIENCE AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
A. Washington Seafood Laboratory
B. Northeast Seafood Laboratory
C. Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory
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