21 U.S.C. § 2203: Food and Agriculture Coordinating Councils

facilitating partnerships between public and private entities to help coordinate and enhance the protection of the agriculture and food system of the United States; providing for the regular and timely interchange of information between each council relating to the security of the agriculture and food system (including intelligence information); identifying best practices and methods for improving the coordination among Federal, State, local, and private sector preparedness and response plans for agriculture and food defense; and animal or plant disease outbreaks; food contamination; and natural disasters affecting agriculture and food.