3.0.0 506 2023-01-15T22:48:21Z 2023-01-15T22:48:21Z Senate S S 2003-03-04 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-03-04T17:21:19Z Safe School Food Act of 2003 108 1551 HR 2003-05-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Identical bill CRS 2003-03-04 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3091-3093) IntroReferral 2003-03-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3091) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-03-04 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-03-04 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-03-04 True Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agricultural surpluses Auditing Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Defective products Department of Agriculture Education Elementary and secondary education Escherichia coli Federal advisory bodies Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Food safety Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Health Law Meat inspection Planning Poultry Prosecution Salmonella School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Seafood Social Welfare State officials Vegetables Agriculture and Food 00 2003-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Revises requirements for State or local food safety inspections for school meals programs to increase their frequency to at least twice a year (currently once), and to require State audits and reports on such inspections.

Requires school meals programs to include food safety requirements in their procurement contracts. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to require: (1) each vendor providing food to school meals programs to supply the Secretary with contact information on each school food supplier of that vendor; and (2) as appropriate, pathogen testing during production of foods purchased for school meals programs.

Requires food safety planning by school meals programs, and provides training and technical assistance by the Department of Agriculture for such planning.

Directs the Secretary to give appropriate persons an opportunity for voluntary actions to recall and collect food products served in school meals that may present a threat to the public, or, if such actions are not carried out in the required period and manner, require such persons to carry out specified actions, including immediate cessation of distribution of the food product to schools. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such actions with the Secretary of Health and Human Services in case of such actions with respect to food products regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to help implement an information-sharing database or other method to provide State food safety coordinators and other appropriate persons with up-to-date information regarding food safety concerns relating to food manufacturing, processing, and packing facilities that produce any food purchased or acquired for school meals programs, including recalls by and enforcement actions against the facilities.

Provides for designation of State food safety coordinators.

Requires the Secretary to carry out certain procedures and take certain actions under the commodities distribution program to ensure the safety of commodities that are to be donated to school meals programs.]]>

Safe School Food Act of 2003 Display Title Safe School Food Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure the safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Safe School Food Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-03-04T05:00:00Z 2003-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3091-3093) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.