title: Agencies team up to protect food supply.
abstract: The Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have launched a new joint effort to protect the nation's food supply. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in December 2003, thousands of Customs agents are now authorized to inspect food imported into the United States.
mesh_terms: D023482:Bioterrorism / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005523:Food Supply / Q000592:standards*; D006077:Government Agencies; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration