3.0.0 5904 2019-11-15T21:21:46Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z House H HR 2008-04-24 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-25T13:33:36Z Referred to 2008-04-24T14:01:05Z 2008-04-25 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-04-24 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20] Jim Costa D CA 20 N P000586 Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] ADAM PUTNAM R FL H. 12 2008-04-24 True C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 2008-04-24 True N000181 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] Devin Nunes R CA 21 2008-04-24 True F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2008-04-24 True T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2008-05-05 False R000141 Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] RALPH REGULA R OH S. 16 2008-05-05 False R000004 Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] GEORGE RADANOVICH R CA P. 19 2008-05-12 False P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2008-05-20 False L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] TOM LATHAM R IA 4 2008-05-20 False P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2008-05-22 False G000546 Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] SAM GRAVES R MO 6 2008-07-22 False W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2008-09-26 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agriculture in foreign trade Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Emergency Management Food industry Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Imports Information technology International Affairs Laboratories Meat packing industry Packaging Quality control Risk Science, Technology, Communications Standards Technical assistance Trade agreements Vegetables Agriculture and Food 00 2008-04-24 Introduced in House 2008-07-28T17:36:30Z Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008 or Safe FEAST Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services access to certain records relating to an article of food during a food-related emergency.

Requires: (1) owners and operators of facilities engaged in manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding food for consumption in the United States (with specified exceptions) to take specified steps regarding hazard evaluation, implementation of risk-based preventive controls, monitoring and verification of control performance, corrective actions, recordkeeping, and facility inspection; and (2) the Secretary to establish minimum standards for implementation of those requirements.

Prohibits operation of a facility that processes or packs food for sale in the United States if the operator has not conducted the required hazard analysis or implemented reasonably appropriate science-based preventive controls or has failed to conduct a required reanalysis or to have a plan documenting compliance with such requirements.

Requires each U.S. importer to adopt and document a foreign supplier safety assurance program to assure that imported food is in compliance, is not adulterated, and does not pose a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death.

Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) certification of imports by a competent authority of an exporting country; (2) establishment of a voluntary qualified importer program; (3) recognition of qualified laboratories for analyses of imported foods; (4) establishment of regulations for the safe production, harvesting, and packaging of fruits and vegetables; and (5) recognition of third party certification programs.

Grants the Secretary mandatory recall authority of food that will cause serious adverse health consequences.

Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan to expand the technical, scientific, and regulatory capacity of foreign governments and food industries from which foods are exported to the United States.

]]> Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Safe FEAST Act of 2008 Display Title Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new procedures and requirements to improve the safety of food, whether produced and distributed domestically or imported into the United States, by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and for enhanced capacity in the United States and in foreign governments to identify and address food safety issues on a scientific basis, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5904ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5904ih.xml 2008-04-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.