3.0.0 4755 2022-11-01T04:17:50Z 2022-11-01T04:17:50Z House HR 2019-10-18 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 165 (Friday, October 18, 2019)][House][Pages H8259-H8260]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DeLAURO:H.R. 4755.[[Page H8260]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8, U.S. Constitution]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-10-21T18:13:25Z Referred to 2019-10-18T13:05:15Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-18T13:05:20Z Safe Food Act of 2019 116 1995 S 2019-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S4570-4579) Identical bill CRS 2019-10-21 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-10-18 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2019-10-18 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 N M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2019-10-18 True S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 30 2019-12-17 False 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 2019-10-18 Introduced in House 2020-03-09T20:19:39Z Safe Food Act of 2019

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 2019 Display Title Safe Food Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced 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 the chronic health outcomes associated with foodborne illnesses, improving the surveillance of foodborne pathogens (including foodborne pathogens identified as antibiotic resistant), and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Safe Food Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4755ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4755ih.xml 2019-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.