vide adequate protections to ensure effectiveness or 
equivalency to Federal programs. 
SEC. 3. FOOD PROTECTION TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND IN-
STITUTE. 
Subchapter D of chapter VII of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379k et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 747. FOOD PROTECTION TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND 
INSTITUTE. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘food protection’ means govern-
ment regulatory or public health activities and pro-
grams at the Federal, State, or local level that are 
targeted at ensuring the safety or defense of the 
food supply— 
‘‘(A) from natural, accidental, or inten-
tional contamination; and 
‘‘(B) through prevention, intervention, re-
sponse to food contamination events, or recov-
ery of food systems to restore economic stability 
and public confidence after a food contamina-
tion event; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘food protection officials’— 
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‘‘(A) means government employees at the 
Federal, State, or local level that have direct re-
sponsibilities for food protection; and 
‘‘(B) includes environmental health work-
ers, sanitarians, food regulatory officials, inves-
tigators, communicable disease workers, epi-
demiologists, laboratory workers, and toxi-
cologists; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘food regulatory officials’ includes 
inspectors responsible for enforcing the food protec-
tion provisions of this Act. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Secretary shall, 
not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this section— 
‘‘(A) create a list of uniform food protec-
tion training standards for Federal, State, and 
local food regulatory officials and food protec-
tion officials as a part of overall regulatory pro-
gram standards in consultation with— 
‘‘(i) a national association of food pro-
tection officials that has membership open 
to food protection officials from all States; 
‘‘(ii) State agencies responsible for 
food protection; and 
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‘‘(iii) local agencies responsible for 
food protection; and 
‘‘(B) ensure funding is used to advance 
food protection and the effectiveness and 
equivalency throughout the food protection sys-
tem of the Nation through a responsive and 
preventive controls framework in an effort to 
build capacity and create a more integrated na-
tional food protection system. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES
WITH
RESPECT
TO
THE
INSTI-
TUTE.—The Secretary shall, not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this section— 
‘‘(A) in cooperation with the organization 
described in paragraph (1)(A)(i), provide finan-
cial, technical, and other assistance to establish 
and maintain a Food Protection Training Insti-
tute that— 
‘‘(i) conducts training activities that— 
‘‘(I) address food protection in-
spection training standards as di-
rected by the Secretary in paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(II) meet any program stand-
ards developed by the Secretary under 
paragraph (1); 
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‘‘(ii) prior to fiscal year 2010, applied 
for determination as, or had been deter-
mined to be, an entity described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; 
‘‘(iii) has demonstrated the resources 
to commit to training no less than 750 
food protection officials during fiscal year 
2010 and no less than 3,000 food protec-
tion officials during fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(iv) is governed by a board of direc-
tors that— 
‘‘(I) as of the date of establish-
ment, includes— 
‘‘(aa) a representative from 
a national association which has, 
as of fiscal year 2010— 
‘‘(AA) tax exempt sta-
tus under section 501(c)(3) 
of 
the 
Internal 
Revenue 
Code of 1986; 
‘‘(BB) 
membership 
open to food protection offi-
cials from all States; and 
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‘‘(CC) governing offi-
cers who are State food reg-
ulatory program officials; 
‘‘(bb) a representative from 
a private foundation with assets 
in excess of $5,000,000,000 as of 
fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(cc) a representative of a 
Land Grant university; and 
‘‘(II) as of fiscal year 2010, has 
received financial support of at least 
$1,000,000 from a private foundation 
with 
assets 
in 
excess 
of 
$5,000,000,000; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that the activities conducted 
and assistance provided at such Institute at a 
minimum include— 
‘‘(i) providing career-specific and ca-
reer-spanning skills training and con-
tinuing education for food protection offi-
cials and food regulatory officials that in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) entry level, core job training; 
‘‘(II) intermediate level and con-
tinuing education training; 
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‘‘(III) advanced level training in 
specialized areas of food protection; 
and 
‘‘(IV) training of elite or expert 
level food protection officials; 
‘‘(ii) developing and using multiple 
and advanced training approaches to reach 
food protection officials including face-to- 
face courses, on-the-job training, multi- 
media approaches, distance learning, web- 
based courses, and other innovative and ef-
fective methods; 
‘‘(iii) developing criteria and assessing 
measurable training outcomes; 
‘‘(iv) developing instructor curriculum 
and delivery assessment; 
‘‘(v) assessing and reporting to the 
Secretary of efforts leading to leveraging 
food protection capability and capacity to 
support a national integrated food protec-
tion system; and 
‘‘(vi) establishing methods to provide 
timely training in response to emerging 
food protection events in order to minimize 
public health impacts and recovery. 
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‘‘(c) DUTIES OF THE FOOD PROTECTION TRAINING 
INSTITUTE.—The Food Protection Training Institute es-
tablished under subsection (b) shall carry out activities to 
improve the safety of the United States food supply, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(1) advancing the effectiveness and equiva-
lency throughout the food protection system of the 
Nation; 
‘‘(2) improving the response and prevention 
controls capabilities of the national food protection 
system; 
‘‘(3) building capacity and the integration of 
the national food protection system; 
‘‘(4) providing training and technical assistance 
with respect to food establishment inspections that 
meet any program standards developed by the Sec-
retary under subsection (b)(1); 
‘‘(5) offering onsite and offsite training for food 
protection officials from all States; 
‘‘(6) establishing a national network of trained 
professionals to present training programs and 
workshops for food protection officials; 
‘‘(7) developing training materials for use in 
such programs and workshops; 
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‘‘(8) acting as a clearinghouse for research, 
studies, and findings concerning all aspects of food 
protection programs, including— 
‘‘(A) conducting and funding research to 
improve the effectiveness of food establishment 
inspection; and 
‘‘(B) conducting and funding research to 
improve the effectiveness of the duties of food 
protection officials; 
‘‘(9) training food protection officials to comply 
with standards established by the Secretary through 
a national network of instructors or other means; 
‘‘(10) preparing informational materials to pro-
mote more efficient and thorough food protection in-
spections; 
‘‘(11) assisting State agencies in providing ad-
ditional instructions and instructors, including train-
ing personnel to comply with the guidance and ob-
jectives established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(12) any other activities determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On an an-
nual basis, the board of directors of the Institute es-
tablished under subsection (b) shall submit to the 
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Secretary a report that describes the activities and 
progress of such Institute carried out under this sec-
tion during the previous year. 
‘‘(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—On an annual 
basis, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-
port that describes the activities and progress of the 
Secretary and the Institute established under sub-
section (b) carried out under this section during the 
previous year. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(3) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012, 
2013, and 2014.’’. 
Æ 
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