3.0.0 3624 2023-01-11T20:29:32Z 2023-01-11T20:29:32Z House H HR 2007-09-20 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-09-20T14:00:48Z 2007-09-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-09-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-09-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 N Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture in foreign trade Authorization Business records Citizen lawsuits Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Consumer education Damages Defective products Department of Health and Human Services Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment District courts Economics and Public Finance Employee training Evidence (Law) Exports Federal aid to research Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Food industry Food safety Foodborne diseases Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Grocery trade Health Health education Imports International Affairs Judicial review Jurisdiction Labeling Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Licenses Medical research Packaging Public service advertising Quality control Reciprocity Restaurants Science, Technology, Communications Signs and symbols State employees State laws Trade agreements Whistle blowing Agriculture and Food 00 2007-09-20 Introduced in House 2007-10-01T19:23:43Z Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) administer a national program to protect human health by ensuring that the food industry has effective programs to assure the safety of food; (2) prescribe regulations regarding harmful substances in food, registration of facilities, sanitary food processing, proper labeling, processing controls, and inspections of registered facilities; (3) establish tolerances to limit the quantity of contaminants in food; (4) establish a system to ensure the safety of imported food; (5) include food in an active surveillance system; (6) establish guidelines for a sampling system of food products; (7) rank food categories based on their health hazard and identify approaches to minimize such hazards; and (8) design and implement a food safety education program.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require notification of the Secretary of any adulterated or misbranded food. Sets forth provisions regarding ceasing distribution of food, recalls, and civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Prohibits any person from being discriminated against because that person participated in any way in carrying out the purpose of specified federal food laws or refused to violate any law, rule, or regulation.

Allows the Secretary to impose traceability requirements on a type or class of food product as necessary to assure the protection of the public health.

Allows civil actions against the Secretary for failing to perform any nondiscretionary act or duty to ensure the safety of food products.

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Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety of food products intended for human consumption which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Introduced in House IH Display Title Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3624ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3624ih.xml 2007-09-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.