3.0.0 287 2023-01-11T13:28:48Z 2023-01-11T13:28:48Z Senate S 2015-01-28 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-28T20:02:00Z Safe Food Act of 2015 114 609 HR 2015-01-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-01-28 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S591-600) IntroReferral 2015-01-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-01-28 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-01-28 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-01-28 True Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advanced technology and technological innovations Agricultural trade Animal and plant health Business records Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Health and Human Services Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health promotion and preventive care Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Livestock Meat Medical research Research administration and funding Seafood State and local government operations Trade restrictions Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Agriculture and Food 00 2015-01-28 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-27T15:34:13Z Safe Food Act of 2015

This bill establishes the Food Safety Administration (FSA) as an independent agency to administer and enforce food safety laws.

The functions of specified federal agencies that relate to the administration or enforcement of food safety laws are transferred to the FSA.

The FSA is directed to:

  • promulgate regulations to protect the food supply from contamination;
  • implement federal food safety inspection, labeling, enforcement, and research efforts to protect the public health;
  • develop consistent and science-based standards for safe food;
  • prioritize federal food safety efforts and deployment of resources to achieve the greatest benefit in reducing foodborne illness;
  • administer a national food safety program based on an analysis of the hazards associated with different foods and the processing of different foods;
  • require that all food and feed facilities register before operation or importation of food, feed, or ingredients;
  • establish an accreditation system for foreign governments seeking to certify food for importation to the United States;
  • establish requirements for tracing food and animals from point of origin to retail sale;
  • establish and administer a food safety technology program to foster innovations with the potential to improve food safety;
  • maintain or access an active surveillance system of food and epidemiological evidence;
  • establish a sampling system to monitor contaminants in food;
  • rank categories of food based on their health hazard;
  • establish a national public education campaign on food safety; and
  • conduct research relating to food safety.
This bill includes provisions regarding prohibited acts, recall authority, penalties for violations of food safety laws, whistle-blower protection, and civil actions.]]> Safe Food Act of 2015 Display Title Safe Food Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing foodborne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to foodborne illness, and improving security of food from international contamination, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Safe Food Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s287is/xml/BILLS-114s287is.xml 2015-01-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S591-600) 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.