3.0.0 3385 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z Senate S S 2008-07-31 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-31T21:29:09Z 2008-07-31 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7934-7941) IntroReferral 2008-07-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7933-7934) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2008-07-31 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-07-31 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2008-07-31 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2008-07-31 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-07-31 True Agriculture and Food Administrative fees Administrative procedure Agriculture in foreign trade Allergies Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Day care Defective products Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Exports Families Federal aid to education Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food industry Food safety Food service Foodborne diseases Foreign Trade and International Finance Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Health surveys Import restrictions Imports International Affairs International cooperation Laboratories Law Poultry Preschool education Restaurants Risk Salmonella School health programs Science, Technology, Communications Test facilities Transportation and Public Works Vegetables Agriculture and Food 00 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-25T20:58:49Z FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to regulate food, including by authorizing the Secretary to: (1) suspend the registration of a food facility; and (2) order a cessation on distribution or recall of food.

Directs the Secretary to allocate resources based on the risk profile of food facilities or food.

Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare a National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist state, local, and tribal governments in preparing for, assessing, decontaminating, and recovering from an agriculture or food emergency.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess fees on domestic food facilities and food importers; (2) promulgate regulations on sanitary transportation practices for food; and (3) develop a policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) recognize accreditation bodies that accredit food testing laboratories; and (2) improve the capabilities to track and trace raw agricultural commodities.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to enhance foodborne illness surveillance systems.

Provides for: (1) foreign supplier verification programs; (2) a voluntary qualified importer program; and (3) the inspection of foreign facilities registered to import food.

]]> FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Short Titles as Introduced FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply. Display Title FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Introduced in Senate 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3385is/xml/BILLS-110s3385is.xml 2008-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7934-7941) 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.