3.0.0 1269 2023-01-11T13:18:37Z 2023-01-11T13:18:37Z Senate S S 2009-06-16 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-16T18:58:10Z 2009-06-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-06-16 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-06-16 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-02-23 False Health Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Food supply, safety, and labeling Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Intergovernmental relations Medical research Health 00 2009-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-28T20:04:45Z Food Safety Rapid Response Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen and expand foodborne illness surveillance systems to: (1) inform and evaluate efforts to prevent foodborne illness; and (2) enhance the identification and investigation of, and response to, foodborne illness outbreaks.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) enhance foodborne illness surveillance systems to improve the collection, analysis, reporting, and usefulness of data on foodborne illnesses; and (2) improve capacity for foodborne illness surveillance in states.

Requires the Secretary to establish five regional Food Safety Centers of Excellence to serve as regional resources for state and local public health professionals in investigating and responding to foodborne illnesses.

]]> Food Safety Rapid Response Act Display Title Food Safety Rapid Response Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for enhanced foodborne illness surveillance and food safety capacity, to establish regional food safety centers of excellence, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Food Safety Rapid Response Act Introduced in Senate 2009-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1269is/xml/BILLS-111s1269is.xml 2009-06-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.