Safe FEAST Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 25, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008 or Safe FEAST Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services access to certain records relating to an article of food during a food-related emergency.
Requires: (1) owners and operators of facilities engaged in manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding food for consumption in the United States (with specified exceptions) to take specified steps regarding hazard evaluation, implementation of risk-based preventive controls, monitoring and verification of control performance, corrective actions, recordkeeping, and facility inspection; and (2) the Secretary to establish minimum standards for implementation of those requirements.
Prohibits operation of a facility that processes or packs food for sale in the United States if the operator has not conducted the required hazard analysis or implemented reasonably appropriate science-based preventive controls or has failed to conduct a required reanalysis or to have a plan documenting compliance with such requirements.
Requires each U.S. importer to adopt and document a foreign supplier safety assurance program to assure that imported food is in compliance, is not adulterated, and does not pose a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) certification of imports by a competent authority of an exporting country; (2) establishment of a voluntary qualified importer program; (3) recognition of qualified laboratories for analyses of imported foods; (4) establishment of regulations for the safe production, harvesting, and packaging of fruits and vegetables; and (5) recognition of third party certification programs.
Grants the Secretary mandatory recall authority of food that will cause serious adverse health consequences.
Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan to expand the technical, scientific, and regulatory capacity of foreign governments and food industries from which foods are exported to the United States.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Original | Apr 24, 2008 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Apr 24, 2008 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Apr 24, 2008 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Apr 24, 2008 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | May 5, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Ralph Regula | May 5, 2008 | |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | May 12, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | May 20, 2008 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | May 20, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | May 22, 2008 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Jul 22, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Sep 26, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 24, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 25, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 24, 2008Introduced in House
- Apr 24, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-142 | THE RECENT SALMONELLA OUTBREAK: LESSONS LEARNED AND CONSEQUENCES TO INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC HEALTH472 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 31, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-45 | HEARING TO REVIEW THE LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY FOR FULL TRACEABILITY IN FRESH PRODUCE112 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jul 30, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new procedures and requirements to improve the safety of food, whether produced and distributed domestically or imported into the United States, by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and for enhanced capacity in the United States and in foreign governments to identify and address food safety issues on a scientific basis, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008
- Safe FEAST Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Business records
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency Management
- Food industry
- Food safety
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fruit
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Imports
- Information technology
- International Affairs
- Laboratories
- Meat packing industry
- Packaging
- Quality control
- Risk
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- Technical assistance
- Trade agreements
- Vegetables
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
