H.R. 3610 · 110th Congress
Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 110th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
DingellSponsor8 cosponsors · 8 D
2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 20, 2007
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007
Latest action (Sep 26, 2007): Committee Hearings Held.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 20, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.