Safe Food Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 15, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2101-2111)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Food Act of 2007 - Establishes the Food Safety Administration to administer and enforce food safety laws. Directs the Administrator of the Food Safety Administration to: (1) promulgate regulations to ensure the security of the food supply from all forms of contamination; (2) implement federal food safety inspection, enforcement, and research efforts to protect the public health; (3) develop consistent and science-based standards for safe food; and (4) prioritize federal food safety efforts and deployment of resources to achieve the greatest possible benefit in reducing food-borne illness.
Transfers to the Administration all functions of specified federal agencies that relate to the administration or enforcement of food safety laws.
Requires the Administrator to: (1) administer a national food safety program based on an analysis of the hazards associated with different food and the processing of different food; (2) establish standards for processors of food and food establishments; (3) establish a certification system for foreign governments or food establishments seeking to import food to the United States; (4) establish requirements for tracing food and food producing animals from point of origin to retail sale; (5) maintain an active surveillance system of food, food products, and epidemiological evidence; (6) establish a sampling system to monitor contaminants in food; (7) rank and analyze hazards in the food supply; (8) establish a national public education campaign on food safety; and (9) conduct research relating to food safety.
Sets forth provisions regarding prohibited acts, administrative detention, condemnation, temporary holds, recall, penalties for violations of food safety laws, whistle blower protection, and civil actions.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2007 to May 8, 2007, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | May 8, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2101-2111)
- Feb 15, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2101)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1148 | Safe Food Act of 2007 | Related bill | Feb 27, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Antibiotics
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Auditing
- Biological warfare
- Bribery
- Business records
- Citizen lawsuits
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer complaints
- Consumer education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal liability
- Damages
- Data banks
- Defective products
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- DNA
- Drug resistance in microorganisms
- Employee training
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Epidemiology
- Executive reorganization
- Export controls
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Feeds
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Food industry
- Food safety
- Food supply
- Foodborne diseases
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fraud
- Gifts
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grocery trade
- Health
- Health education
- Health surveys
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- Injunctions
- International Affairs
- Labeling
- Labor and Employment
- Laboratories
- Law
- Legal fees
- Licenses
- Limitation of actions
- Meat inspection
- Medical research
- Medical statistics
- Nutrition
- Pesticides
- Physical examinations
- Plants
- Poultry
- Presidential appointments
- Preventive medicine
- Retail trade
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Seafood
- Searches and seizures
- Standards
- State employees
- Storage
- Terrorism
- Veterinary medicine
- Wage restitution
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
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