3.0.0 835 2025-09-26T13:29:50Z 2025-09-26T13:29:50Z Senate S S 2025-03-04 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/835 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-03-04T19:44:37Z 2025-03-04 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1498-1499) IntroReferral 2025-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA 2025-03-04 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-04-07T15:58:17Z

00 2025-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2025-09-26T13:26:48Z <p><strong>Reduce Food Loss and Waste Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a voluntary Food Loss and Waste Reduction Certification Program in order to reduce food loss and waste, increase donations of excess food to certain nonprofit organizations, and increase the use of alternative disposal methods for food (e.g., redirection to animal feed and composting).</p><p>Specifically,&nbsp;USDA must establish criteria for the certification of eligible participants (e.g., state or local governments, corporations, farms or food producers, retail grocers, restaurants, and schools).</p><p>USDA must also establish criteria for recognizing accreditation bodies to accredit third-party certifiers to review and certify program participants.&nbsp;Preference in accrediting third-party certifiers must be given to institutions of higher education that have expertise in food loss and waste reduction.&nbsp;USDA must maintain on a publicly available USDA website a list of (1) recognized accreditation bodies, and (2) accredited third-party certifiers.</p><p>Further, USDA must establish a voluntary label that certified program participants may use to indicate that they are certified. USDA must also promote certified participants on the USDA website and through&nbsp;events.</p><p>Finally, USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must revise a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on December 17, 2020, and relating to cooperation and coordination on food loss and waste.&nbsp;USDA must&nbsp;implement this bill in coordination with the FDA and the EPA and in accordance with the revised MOU.</p>

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