Safe Food Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4755
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural trade
Animal and plant health
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Meat
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Seafood
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: 

Safe Food Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Food Safety Administration (FSA) as an independent agency to administer and enforce food safety laws.
 
The functions of specified federal agencies that relate to the administration or enforcement of food safety laws are transferred to the FSA.
 
The FSA is directed to
 
 
promulgate regulations to protect the food supply from contamination;
 
implement federal food safety inspection, labeling, enforcement, and research efforts to protect the public health;
 
develop consistent and science-based standards for safe food;
 
prioritize federal food safety efforts and deployment of resources to achieve the greatest benefit in reducing foodborne illness;
 
administer a national food safety program based on an analysis of the hazards associated with different foods and the processing of different foods;
 
require that all food and feed facilities register before operation or importation of food, feed, or ingredients;
 
establish an accreditation system for foreign governments seeking to certify food for importation to the United States;
 
establish requirements for tracing food and animals from point of origin to retail sale;
 
establish and administer a food safety technology program to foster innovations with the potential to improve food safety;
 
maintain or access an active surveillance system of food and epidemiological evidence;
 
establish a sampling system to monitor contaminants in food;
 
rank categories of food based on their health hazard;
 
establish a national public education campaign on food safety; and
 
conduct research relating to food safety.
 
 This bill includes provisions regarding prohibited acts, recall authority, penalties for violations of food safety laws, whistle-blower protection, and civil actions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-10-18
text: Introduced in House