Food Safety in the 111th Congress. : H.R. 2749 and S. 510.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food adulteration and inspection.

Government information.

Small business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes H.R. 2749 and Senate manager amendment to S. 510, both to alter current food safety system and increase spending to better meet current obligations to protect consumers from unsafe food. Covers provisions regarding registration, record-keeping, hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls, performance standards, on-farm safety standards, mitigating effects on small business and farming operations, targeting of inspections, use of third parties for imports and for laboratory accreditation, mandatory recall authority, product tracing, foodborne illness surveillance and outbreak response, criminal penalties, food imports, Bisphenol A, and paying for food safety. Provides side-by-side comparisons of annual and periodic fees in House-passed H.R. 2749 and Senate Manager amendment to S. 510.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Food Safety in the 111th Congress

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