Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 26, 2007 Committee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 20, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for research on the development of tests and sampling methodologies for use on imported food.
Requires the Secretary to assess and collect fees on imported food and drugs.
Directs the Secretary to restrict the importation of all food to metropolitan ports of entry with a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratory for testing such food.
Deems a food, drug, or device to be misbranded it its labeling fails to identify its country of origin.
Requires the Secretary to establish a program under which: (1) persons importing food voluntarily agree to abide by specified food and security guidelines; and (2) the Secretary agrees to expedite the movement of such food through the inspection process.
Increases civil penalties for the manufacturer or importer of adulterated food.
Sets forth provisions governing the reorganization of FDA field laboratories and district offices.Requires the Secretary to issue an order requiring an immediate cease in the distribution of food that may cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.
Subjects all imported food to U.S. food safety standards. Sets forth a certification system for a foreign facility seeking to import food.
Requires the Secretary to require, as good manufacturing practices, that processed food undergo testing to detect substances that may render the food adulterated.
Defines the term "color additive" to include carbon monoxide that may affect the color of fresh meat, poultry products, or seafood, unless the label bears a specified statement.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2007 to Dec 11, 2007, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Sep 20, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Sep 20, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Sep 25, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Oct 24, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Dec 11, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2007Committee Hearings Held.
- Sep 20, 2007Introduced in House
- Sep 20, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Sep 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative fees
- Agriculture and Food
- Carbon monoxide
- Commerce
- Consumer protection
- Deceptive advertising
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food additives
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Food industry
- Food safety
- Foodborne diseases
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- Injunctions
- Labeling
- Laboratories
- Law
- Licenses
- Meat
- Meat inspection
- Poultry
- Product safety
- Quality control
- Research
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Seafood
- Standards
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2007Introduced in House
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