the effective and efficient operation of the Nation’s 
food safety program, and to the most beneficial de-
ployment of food safety resources; 
(8) the National Academy of Sciences rec-
ommended in the report ‘‘Ensuring Safe Food from 
Production to Consumption’’ that Congress establish 
by statute a unified and central framework for man-
aging Federal food safety programs, and rec-
ommended modifying Federal statutes so that in-
spection, enforcement, and research efforts are 
based on scientifically supportable assessments of 
risks to public health; and 
(9) the lack of a single focal point for food safe-
ty leadership in the United States undercuts the 
ability of the United States to exert food safety lead-
ership internationally, which is detrimental to the 
public health and the international trade interests of 
the United States. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to establish a single agency to be known as 
the ‘‘Food Safety Administration’’ to— 
(A) regulate food safety and labeling to 
strengthen the protection of the public health; 
(B) ensure that food establishments fulfill 
their responsibility to produce food in a manner 
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that protects the public health of all people in 
the United States; 
(C) lead an integrated, system-wide ap-
proach to food safety and to make more effec-
tive and efficient use of resources to prevent 
food-borne illness; 
(D) provide a single focal point for food 
safety leadership, both nationally and inter-
nationally; and 
(E) provide an integrated food safety re-
search capability, utilizing internally-generated, 
scientifically and statistically valid studies, in 
cooperation with academic institutions and 
other scientific entities of the Federal and State 
governments, to achieve the continuous im-
provement of research on food-borne illness and 
contaminants; 
(2) to transfer to the Food Safety Administra-
tion the food safety, labeling, inspection, and en-
forcement functions that, as of the day before the ef-
fective date of this Act, are performed by other Fed-
eral agencies; and 
(3) to modernize and strengthen the Federal 
food safety laws to achieve more effective application 
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and efficient management of the laws for the protec-
tion and improvement of public health. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the Food Safety Administration estab-
lished under section 101(a)(1). 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of Food Safety ap-
pointed under section 101(a)(3). 
(3) ADULTERATED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘adulter-
ated’’ has the meaning described in subsections 
(a) through (c) of section 402 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
342). 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘adulterated’’ 
includes bearing or containing a contaminant 
that causes illness or death among sensitive 
populations. 
(4) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
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