[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3669 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3669

To increase criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating 
               to food that is misbranded or adulterated.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2010

Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Franken) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To increase criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating 
               to food that is misbranded or adulterated.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Safety Enforcement Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

    Section 303(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 333(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Any'' and inserting 
        ``Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3), any'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Notwithstanding the 
        provisions of paragraph (1) of this section, if'' and inserting 
        ``If''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a), (b), (c), 
(k), or (v) of section 301 with respect to any food that is misbranded 
or adulterated shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, 
imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.''.
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