3.0.0 4749 2023-01-11T13:39:02Z 2023-01-11T13:39:02Z House HR 2018-01-09 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 9, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SOTO:H.R. 4749.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.____________________[Page H82]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Referred to 2018-01-24T16:02:02Z Referred to 2018-01-09T15:00:41Z 2018-01-24 hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Committee 2018-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2018-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001200 Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] Darren Soto D FL 9 N Agriculture and Food Agricultural trade Food supply, safety, and labeling Fraud offenses and financial crimes Agriculture and Food 00 2018-01-09 Introduced in House 2018-03-22T22:31:17Z Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act

This bill amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to carry out a program to enhance transparency and traceability of food products and ingredients that are exported to the United States in order to protect consumers and food manufacturers against mislabeling, adulteration, and fraud.

Under the program, the FAS must provide foreign government officials, agricultural producers, and exporters of food products and ingredients to the United States with technical assistance and best practices to improve: (1) transparency, traceability and fraud prevention; and (2) cooperation with private certification and verification bodies to ensure the accuracy and integrity of their food product and ingredient certification and verification.

]]> Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act Display Title Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to establish a program to enhance transparency and traceability of food products and ingredients that are exported to the United States in order to protect American consumers and American food manufacturers against mislabeling, adulteration, and fraud. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act Introduced in House 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4749ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4749ih.xml 2018-01-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. 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.