Consumer Food Safety Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2236
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agriculture in foreign trade
Authorization
Business records
Citizen lawsuits
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Damages
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Evidence (Law)
Exports
Federal aid to research
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Food safety
Foodborne diseases
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Grocery trade
Health
Health education
Imports
International Affairs
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Medical research
Packaging
Public service advertising
Quality control
Reciprocity
Restaurants
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and symbols
State employees
State laws
Trade agreements
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Consumer Food Safety Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) administer a national program to protect human health by ensuring that the food industry has effective programs to assure the safety of food; (2) prescribe regulations regarding harmful substances in food, registration of facilities, sanitary food processing, proper labeling, processing controls, and inspections of registered facilities; (3) establish tolerances to limit the quantity of contaminants in food; (4) establish a system to ensure the safety of imported food; (5) include food in an active surveillance system; (6) establish guidelines for a sampling system of food products; (7) rank food categories based on their health hazard and identify approaches to minimize such hazards; and (8) design and implement a food safety education program.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require notification of the Secretary of any adulterated or misbranded food. Sets forth provisions regarding ceasing distribution of food, recalls, and civil penalties for violations of this Act.
 
Prohibits any person from being discriminated against because that person participated in any way in carrying out the purpose of specified federal food laws or refused to violate any law, rule, or regulation.
 
Allows the Secretary to impose traceability requirements on a type or class of food product as necessary to assure the protection of the public health.
 
Allows civil actions against the Secretary for failing to perform any non-discretionary act or duty to ensure the safety of food products.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House