Congress enacted the 2005 Sanitary Food Transportation Act to grant FDA, DOT, and USDA shared responsibility over regulating the sanitary transportation of food. While DOT has authority to conduct transportation safety inspections for identifying suspected incidents of food shipments that are not in compliance with this rule and is authorized by section 416(f) of the FD&C Act to provide assistance upon request from FDA in the enforcement of this rule, FDA will generally be responsible for taking action when food or persons are found to be in violation of the statutes and regulations it administers. See Response 19 of the Sanitary Transportation Rule.
