[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 216 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 216

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 27, 2011

  Mr. Leahy (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mr. Kohl, Mrs. 
  Feinstein, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and intentional 
     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 Accountability Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1041. Misbranded and adulterated food
    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `food' has the meaning 
given that term in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
    ``(b) Offense.--Any person who violates subsection (a), (b), (c), 
or (k) of section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 331) with respect to any food--
            ``(1) knowingly and intentionally to defraud or mislead; 
        and
            ``(2) with conscious or reckless disregard of a risk of 
        death or serious bodily injury,
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, 
or both.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``1041. Misbranded and adulterated food.''.
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