[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 45661-45662]
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[FR Doc No: 98-23258]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 166 / Thursday, August 25, 1998 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13100 of August 25, 1998
President's Council on Food Safety
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to improve the safety of the food
supply through science-based regulation and well-
coordinated inspection, enforcement, research, and
education programs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of President's Council on Food
Safety. (a) There is established the President's
Council on Food Safety (``Council''). The Council shall
comprise the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce,
Health and Human Services, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Assistant to
the President for Science and Technology/Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the
Director of the National Partnership for Reinventing
Government. The Council shall consult with other
Federal agencies and State, local, and tribal
government agencies, and consumer, producer,
scientific, and industry groups, as appropriate.
(b) The Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health
and Human Services and the Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology/Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall serve as Joint
Chairs of the Council.
Sec. 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Council shall be to
develop a comprehensive strategic plan for Federal food
safety activities, taking into consideration the
findings and recommendations of the National Academy of
Sciences report ``Ensuring Safe Food from Production to
Consumption'' and other input from the public on how to
improve the effectiveness of the current food safety
system. The Council shall make recommendations to the
President on how to advance Federal efforts to
implement a comprehensive science-based strategy to
improve the safety of the food supply and to enhance
coordination among Federal agencies, State, local, and
tribal governments, and the private sector. The Council
shall advise Federal agencies in setting priority areas
for investment in food safety.
Sec. 3. Specific Activities and Functions. (a) The
Council shall develop a comprehensive strategic Federal
food safety plan that contains specific recommendations
on needed changes, including measurable outcome goals.
The principal goal of the plan should be the
establishment of a seamless, science-based food safety
system. The plan should address the steps necessary to
achieve this goal, including the key public health,
resource, and management issues regarding food safety.
The planning process should consider both short-term
and long-term issues including new and emerging threats
and the special needs of vulnerable populations such as
children and the elderly. In developing this plan, the
Council shall consult with all interested parties,
including State and local agencies, tribes, consumers,
producers, industry, and academia.
(b) Consistent with the comprehensive strategic
Federal food safety plan described in section 3(a) of
this order, the Council shall advise agencies of
priority areas for investment in food safety and ensure
that Federal agencies annually develop coordinated food
safety budgets for submission to the OMB that sustain
and strengthen existing capacities, eliminate
duplication, and ensure the most effective use of
resources for improving food
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safety. The Council shall also ensure that Federal
agencies annually develop a unified budget for
submission to the OMB for the President's Food Safety
Initiative and such other food safety issues as the
Council determines appropriate.
(c) The Council shall ensure that the Joint
Institute for Food Safety Research (JIFSR), in
consultation with the National Science and Technology
Council, establishes mechanisms to guide Federal
research efforts toward the highest priority food
safety needs. The JIFSR shall report to the Council on
a regular basis on its efforts: (i) to develop a
strategic plan for conducting food safety research
activities consistent with the President's Food Safety
Initiative and such other food safety activities as the
JIFSR determines appropriate; and (ii) to coordinate
efficiently, within the executive branch and with the
private sector and academia, all Federal food safety
research.
Sec. 4. Cooperation. All actions taken by the Council
shall, as appropriate, promote partnerships and
cooperation with States, tribes, and other public and
private sector efforts wherever possible to improve the
safety of the food supply.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. This order is intended only
to improve the internal management of the executive
branch and is not intended to, nor does it, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law by a party against the United
States, its agencies, its officers or any person.
Nothing in this order shall affect or alter the
statutory responsibilities of any Federal agency
charged with food safety responsibilities.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 25, 1998.
[FR Doc. 98-23258
Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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