3.0.0 1680 2023-01-11T13:37:00Z 2023-01-11T13:37:00Z Senate S 2017-07-31 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-31T21:16:57Z Food Recovery Act of 2017 115 3444 HR 2017-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-07-31 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-07-31 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-07-31 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-07-31 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-07-31 True Agriculture and Food Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural education Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Alternative and renewable resources Charitable contributions Civil actions and liability Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Department of Agriculture Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Livestock Marketing and advertising Meat Public contracts and procurement Retail and wholesale trades Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2017-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-26T21:22:04Z Food Recovery Act of 2017

This bill provides funding and establishes requirements to reduce food waste and standardize date labeling on food.

The bill authorizes grants or loans for:

  • raising awareness about wasted food and food recovery efforts to reduce the quantity of wasted food;
  • reducing food waste at schools and farms; and
  • reducing food waste in accordance with the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Environmental Protection Agency, including for a state organic waste reduction plan, food waste management infrastructure, and certain composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.

The bill provides funds for: (1) state storage and distribution costs under the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and (2) national media campaigns to decrease food waste.

The bill also:

  • establishes a Food Recovery Liaison within the Department of Agriculture (USDA),
  • specifies that composting is eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs,
  • expands the liability protections for the donation of food, and
  • requires companies that receive federal food service contracts to donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people.

The bill requires date labels on food packaging to include the phrases "best if used by" to indicate food quality and "use by" to warn of food that may be unsafe to eat after a specified date.

Labelers may include a quality date on packaging, but must include a safety date on ready-to-eat products. No one may prohibit the sale, donation, or use of a product based on passage of the quality date of the product.

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