SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO MISBRANDED HONEY. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
Congress on enforcement actions taken under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) 
with respect to— 
(1) honey that is adulterated under section 402 
of such Act (21 U.S.C. 342); and 
(2) honey that is misbranded under section 403 
of such Act (21 U.S.C. 343). 
SEC. 4. HONEY INTEGRITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program for the purposes of detecting economically moti-
vated adulteration and improving honey integrity for 
honey introduced, or delivered for introduction, into inter-
state commerce. Such program shall be known as the 
Honey Integrity Program. 
(b) TESTING REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to the Honey In-
tegrity Program, beginning 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-
quire that each qualifying commercial honey packer 
in the United States— 
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(A) conduct testing on honey the packer 
intends to be marketed in the United States, as 
described in paragraph (2); 
(B) certify to the Secretary that the packer 
has complied with the requirements of this sec-
tion and that the packer has no reason to be-
lieve that the packer has traded in honey that 
has been the subject of economically motivated 
adulteration; and 
(C) report the results of such testing to 
the Secretary at such time and in such manner 
as the Secretary may specify. 
(2) TESTING
REQUIREMENTS.—A qualifying 
commercial honey packer shall ensure that testing 
conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) use all the best available science, in-
cluding nuclear DNA testing, mitochondrial 
DNA testing, and any other established forensic 
DNA identity testing methods, nuclear mag-
netic resonance, high-resolution mass spectrom-
etry, and other tests in a combined protocol de-
signed to produce the most scientifically valid 
outcomes with respect to detecting economically 
motivated adulteration; 
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(B) ensure that a minimum volume of 
honey is tested to be effective according to law 
enforcement protocols to be developed by the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
and the heads of other Federal agencies, as the 
Secretary determines appropriate; and 
(C) be consistent with, or superior to, the 
best practices of other countries with respect to 
conducting testing of honey for economically 
motivated adulteration (as defined by the Sec-
retary). 
(3) PACKER
OBLIGATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall require each qualifying commercial honey pack-
er to— 
(A) report to the Secretary findings of 
testing conducted under this section, at such 
time and in such manner as the Secretary may 
specify; and 
(B) in the case of a packer identifying eco-
nomically motivated adulteration (as defined by 
the Secretary) in any honey the packer intends 
to market in the United States— 
(i) report such information to the Sec-
retary and such law enforcement officials 
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as the Secretary may require, not later 
than 24 hours after that identification; and 
(ii) refuse receipt of such honey. 
(4) EFFECT OF EMA IDENTIFICATION.—Upon 
receipt of an alert of the identification of economi-
cally motivated adulteration (as defined by the Sec-
retary), the Secretary shall— 
(A) investigate, test, and destroy honey de-
termined to be so adulterated after confirming 
results through Federal laboratory findings; 
(B) maintain and share data on such iden-
tification with relevant enforcement agencies at 
the Federal, State, and local level, including the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection and the Secretary of Agriculture; 
and 
(C) maintain and share data on such iden-
tification with stakeholders, including national 
domestic producer associations. 
(c) LIST OF PACKERS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) publish, and update as necessary, a list of 
each qualifying commercial honey packer in the 
United States, including packers excluded by the 
Secretary from being considered a qualifying com-
mercial honey packer; and 
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(2) distribute such list, upon initial publication, 
and upon each update, to relevant stakeholders, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(d) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—In developing the testing 
requirements under subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall consult with the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and the head of any other Federal agency 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate, and the 
Secretary may consult with such Commissioner, such 
Secretary, and the heads of such other Federal 
agencies in otherwise carrying out this section. 
(2) RESOURCES.—In the case that the Food 
and Drug Administration lacks the necessary re-
sources and laboratories available to test honey, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection and the Department 
of Agriculture shall make available to the Secretary 
laboratory and other resources required by the Sec-
retary for purposes of carrying out this section. 
(e) FEES AND FUNDING.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—Each qualifying commercial 
honey packer shall be subject to a fee due at such 
time and in such amounts as the Secretary may 
specify. 
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