7 U.S.C. § 5301

Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)

Section 5301 - Congressional statement of purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to-

(1) make more effective use of Federal and State expenditures for nutrition monitoring, and enhance the performance and benefits of current Federal nutrition monitoring and related research activities;

(2) establish and facilitate the timely implementation of a coordinated National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, and thereby provide a scientific basis for the maintenance and improvement of the nutritional status of the people of the United States and the nutritional quality (including, but not limited to, nutritive and nonnutritive content) of food consumed in the United States;

(3) establish and implement a comprehensive plan for the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program to assess, on a continuing basis, the dietary and nutritional status of the people of the United States and the trends with respect to such status, the state of the art with respect to nutrition monitoring and related research, future monitoring and related research priorities, and the relevant policy implications;

(4) establish and improve the quality of national nutritional and health status data and related data bases and networks, and stimulate research necessary to develop uniform indicators, standards, methodologies, technologies, and procedures for nutrition monitoring;

(5) establish a central Federal focus for the coordination, management, and direction of Federal nutrition monitoring activities;

(6) establish mechanisms for addressing the nutrition monitoring needs of Federal, State, and local governments, the private sector, scientific and engineering communities, health care professionals, and the public in support of the foregoing purposes; and

(7) provide for the conduct of such scientific research and development as may be necessary or appropriate in support of such purposes.

7 U.S.C. § 5301

Pub. L. 101-445, §2, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1034.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 101-445, §1, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1034, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990'."

comprehensive plan: the term "comprehensive plan" means the comprehensive plan prepared under section 5313 of this title;
nutrition monitoring and related research: the term "nutrition monitoring and related research" means the set of activities necessary to provide timely information about the role and status of factors that bear on the contribution that nutrition makes to the health of the people of the United States, including-(A) dietary, nutritional, and health status measurements;(B) food consumption measurements;(C) food composition measurements and nutrient data banks;(D) dietary knowledge and attitude measurements; and(E) food supply and demand determinations;
nutritional quality: the term "nutritional quality" means-(A) the appropriate levels of individual nutrients in the diet;(B) the appropriate levels between nutrients in the diet;(C) the bioavailability of nutrients such as absorption, digestion, and utilization; and(D) the nutritional importance of nonnutrient substances such as fiber, phytate, and such substances that are naturally found in the food supply; and