3.0.0 4590 2023-01-11T13:16:37Z 2023-01-11T13:16:37Z House H HR 2010-02-03 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Referred to 2010-02-23T15:30:42Z Referred to 2010-02-03T15:05:46Z Safe Food for Schools Act of 2009 111 1693 S 2009-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2010-02-23 hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Committee 2010-02-03 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2010-02-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-02-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 N Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Elementary and secondary education Food supply, safety, and labeling Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Poverty and welfare assistance Education 00 2010-02-03 Introduced in House 2010-02-12T20:24:54Z School Meal Safety and Standards Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop guidelines for determining when it is appropriate to institute an administrative hold on suspect food and commodities being used in school meal programs; (2) work with states to increase the timeliness and completeness of their notifications to schools and school food authorities of food and commodity holds and recalls; (3) improve the timeliness and completeness of direct notifications to states, schools, and school food authorities about holds and recalls; (4) establish a timeframe for improving commodity hold and recall procedures so that they address the role of processors and distributors and facilitate the provision of more timely and complete information to states, schools, and school food authorities; (5) revise procedures to provide states with more specific instructions for schools and school food authorities about how to dispose of recalled foods and commodities and obtain timely reimbursement; (6) institute a systematic quality check procedure to ensure that holds and recalls on foods and commodities used by schools are carried out effectively; (7) study existing commercial practices and standards regarding food quality, safety, and testing; and (8) implement regulations that require the Department of Agriculture to meet or exceed, with respect to the school meal programs, commercial practices and standards.

Directs the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to revise the procedures of the Food Safety and Inspection Service to ensure that schools are included in recall effectiveness checks.

]]> School Meal Safety and Standards Act Display Title School Meal Safety and Standards Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure the safety of school meals by enhancing coordination with States and schools operating school meal programs in the case of a recall of contaminated food. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced School Meal Safety and Standards Act Introduced in House 2010-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4590ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4590ih.xml 2010-02-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. 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.