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Calendar No.
247
111
TH
 CONGRESS 1
ST
 S
ESSION
 
S. 510
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
M
 ARCH
 3, 2009 Mr. D
URBIN
 (for himself, Mr. G
REGG
, Mr. K 
ENNEDY 
, Mr. B
URR
, Mr. D
ODD
, Mr. A 
LEXANDER
, Mr. I
SAKSON
, Ms. K 
LOBUCHAR
, Mr. C
HAMBLISS
, Mr. B
URRIS
, Mr. U
DALL
 of New Mexico, Mrs. G
ILLIBRAND
, Mr. H
 ATCH
, Mr. B
INGAMAN
, Mr. H
 ARKIN
, and Mr. E
NZI
) introduced the following bill;  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu-cation, Labor, and Pensions D
ECEMBER
 18, 2009 Reported by Mr. H
 ARKIN
, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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S 510 RS
SECTION1.SHORTTITLE;REFERENCES;TABLEOFCON-
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TENTS.
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(a) S
HORT
 T
ITLE
.—This Act may be cited as the
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‘‘FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’’.
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(b) R
EFERENCES
.—Except as otherwise specified,
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 whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms
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of an amendment to a section or other provision, the ref-
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erence shall be considered to be made to a section or other
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provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
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(21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).
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(c) T
 ABLE OF
 C
ONTENTS
.—The table of contents for
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this Act is as follows:
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Sec. 1. Short title; references; table of contents. TITLE I—IMPROVING CAPACITY TO PREVENT FOOD SAFETY PROBLEMS Sec. 101. Inspections of records. Sec. 102. Registration of food facilities. Sec. 103. Hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls. Sec. 104. Performance standards. Sec. 105. Standards for produce safety. Sec. 106. Protection against intentional adulteration. Sec. 107. Authority to collect fees. Sec. 108. National agriculture and food defense strategy. Sec. 109. Food and Agriculture Coordinating Councils. Sec. 110. Building domestic capacity. Sec. 111. Final rule for prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs dur-ing production. Sec. 112. Sanitary transportation of food. Sec. 113. Food allergy and anaphylaxis management. TITLE II—IMPROVING CAPACITY TO DETECT AND RESPOND TO FOOD SAFETY PROBLEMS Sec. 201. Targeting of inspection resources for domestic facilities, foreign facili-ties, and ports of entry; annual report. Sec. 202. Recognition of laboratory accreditation for analyses of foods. Sec. 203. Integrated consortium of laboratory networks. Sec. 204. Enhancing traceback and recordkeeping. Sec. 205. Surveillance. Sec. 206. Mandatory recall authority.
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Sec. 207. Administrative detention of food. Sec. 208. Decontamination and disposal standards and plans. TITLE III—IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF IMPORTED FOOD Sec. 301. Foreign supplier verification program. Sec. 302. Voluntary qualified importer program. Sec. 303. Authority to require import certifications for food. Sec. 304. Prior notice of imported food shipments. Sec. 305. Review of a regulatory authority of a foreign country. Sec. 306. Building capacity of foreign governments with respect to food. Sec. 307. Inspection of foreign food facilities. Sec. 308. Accreditation of qualified third-party auditors and audit agents. Sec. 309. Foreign offices of the Food and Drug Administration. TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 401. Funding for food safety. Sec. 402. Jurisdiction; authorities.
TITLEIIMPROVINGCAPACITY
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TOPREVENTFOODSAFETY
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PROBLEMS
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SEC.101.INSPECTIONSOFRECORDS.
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(a) I
N
 G
ENERAL
.—Section 414(a) (21 U.S.C.
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350c(a)) is amended—
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(1) by striking the heading and all follows
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through ‘‘of food is’’ and inserting the following:
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‘‘R
ECORDS
 I
NSPECTION
.—
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‘‘(1)
DULTERATED FOOD
.—If the Secretary
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has a reasonable belief that an article of food, and
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any other article of food that the Secretary reason-
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ably believes is likely to be affected in a similar man-
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ner, is’’;
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(2) by inserting ‘‘, and to any other article of
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food that the Secretary reasonably believes is likely
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