H.R.2749 - Food Safety Enhancement Act

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes. view all titles (5)

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  • Official: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Food Safety Enhancement Act as introduced.
  • Short: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Short: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 as reported to house.
  • Short: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 as passed house.

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12/06/10
RE: H.R.2749

In July 2009, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 2749. One week ago, the Senate passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) ...

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12/06/10
RE: H.R.2749

In July 2009, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 2749. One week ago, the Senate passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) ...

Source: Huffington Post
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12/06/10
S-510 HITS A SNAG, BUT BE WARY

Make no mistake about this, SB 510, or HR 2749 are worse than the Patriot Act, the Health Care bill, and the Federal Reserve Act combined. ...

Source: NewsWithViews.com
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12/02/10
RE: H.R.2749

The House of Representatives passed its version of food safety legislation in July 2009, but that legislation (HR 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act) ...

Source: Chiropractic Economics
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12/02/10
RE: H.R.2749

The House of Representatives passed its version of food safety legislation in July 2009, but that legislation (HR 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act) ...

Source: Chiropractic Economics
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12/02/10
The real nitty-gritty on small farms and the food-safety bill

... under current law (even without passage of S. 510 or HR 2749) and gives them three pathways to avoid the above list of expensive regulatory steps. ...

Source: Grist Magazine
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12/02/10
RE: H.R.2749

The House of Representatives passed its version of food safety legislation in July 2009, but that legislation (HR 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act) ...

Source: Chiropractic Economics
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11/29/10
“LAME-DUCK” HARRY REID FLYING HIGH WITH FOOD SAFETY BILL

The House version, HR 2749: the Food Safety Enhancement Act, was passed July 30, 2009. Although introduced in March 2009, S. 510 was held back in the Senate ...

Source: NewsWithViews.com
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11/28/10
The Federal Farming Power Grab Scheduled for Senate Vote Today

...all sorts of possible breakdowns in food safety have to be discussed. Let's look at arguments for S.510 and its cccopanion HR 2749. The two sides of debate concerning these proposed sweeping laws can be roughly divided up into traditional and big busin

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11/28/10
"Food Safety Bill Scheduled For Big Votes in the Senate Tonight " and related posts

...the House will simply vote on the Senate bill. The House has already voted 283-142 in favor of their own food safety bill (H.R.2749). OpenCongress comment boards are an open forum for discussion. Let's build public knowledge about Congress together, so

Source: Current.com
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11/27/10
RE: H.R.2749

Two bills are headed to the Senate floor in the name of Food Safety: The HR 2749 and the S510. HR2749 has passed the house on July 29; S510 is a senate bill ...

Source: Justmeans
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11/27/10
RE: H.R.2749

Two bills are headed to the Senate floor in the name of Food Safety: The HR 2749 and the S510. HR2749 has passed the house on July 29; S510 is a senate bill ...

Source: Justmeans
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11/27/10
Food Safety Regulation: S510, Tester Amendment

Two bills are headed to the Senate floor in the name of Food Safety: The HR 2749 and the S510. HR2749 has passed the house on July 29; S510 is a senate bill ...

Source: Justmeans
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11/27/10
Taking the Step Toward Food Safety Reform

As a food safety advocate who has watched Congress trying to build food safety legislation over the past nine years, S. 510 and HR 2749 are truly the result ...

Source: Food Safety News
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11/25/10
SB 510 and your right to grow your own food

Under SB 510's House counterpart bill, HR 2749 (Section 133b, “Authority to Prohibit or Restrict the Movement of Food”), sponsored by Congressman Dingell, ...

Source: To Iniquity, and Beyond (satire)
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11/22/10
RE: H.R.2749

The House of Representatives passed a similar bill, HR 2749, in July 2009. The House bill enjoyed strong bipartisan support, with 54 Republicans joining 229 ...

Source: OMB Watch
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11/21/10
Democrat's Secret Attack on Agriculture with Food Safety Bill

Well, it only gets better if the House bundles it together with HR 2749. Here are the hidden details of it: $500 annual registration fee on any "facility" ...

Source: Habledash (satire)
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11/17/10
RE: H.R.2749

Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) dropped it in the hopper in March last year, is the companion bill to HR 2749: the “Food Safety Enhancement Act,” introduced by Rep. ...

Source: Stop the ACLU
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11/10/10
Will the food-safety bill better protect us?

These key provisions are part of HR 2749, the House food-safety bill which passed in August 2009, and will provide for quicker identification of a potential ...

Source: Grist Magazine
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10/04/10
The Senate should act on a sensible food-protection bill

So the system, such as it is, worked. But it could work better. The Food Safety Enhancement Act would require companies to develop and implement written food safety plans. They would include developing procedures for conducting hazard analysis, instituting preventive controls and taking corrective action, including recalls.

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09/13/10
RE: H.R.2749

“Had strong reforms like those in HR 2749 already been in place, the FDA would have had the authority to issue a mandatory recall and take aggressive steps ...

Source: Food Business News (registration)
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09/13/10
RE: H.R.2749

“Had strong reforms like those in HR 2749 already been in place, the FDA would have had the authority to issue a mandatory recall and take aggressive steps ...

Source: Food Business News (registration)
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09/12/10
Consumer groups urge passage of food safety reform legislation

The US House of Representatives passed its food reform bill (HR 2749) on July 30, 2009. “The recalls involved tons of foods, including many name-brand ...

Source: Lexology (registration)
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09/10/10
Tons of Foods Recalled and Thousands Sickened as Senate Stalls on Food Safety

In the 13-month period since the House passed HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act, researchers from CSPI, Consumer Federation of America, and US Public ...

Source: Docuticker (blog)
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09/08/10
RE: H.R.2749

US PIRG, the federation of state public interest groups, released a report today on outbreaks and illnesses since the House's passage of HR 2749, ...

Source: Food Poison Journal
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09/08/10
RE: H.R.2749

US PIRG, the federation of state public interest groups, released a report today on outbreaks and illnesses since the House's passage of HR 2749, ...

Source: Food Poison Journal
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09/08/10
The Policy Road Ahead — 2010 Fall Preview

The food industry, which supports the Senate bill (S 510) approved by committee last fall and the House-passed legislation (HR 2749), had threatened to ...

Source: Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
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09/08/10
RE: H.R.2749

US PIRG, the federation of state public interest groups, released a report today on outbreaks and illnesses since the House's passage of HR 2749, ...

Source: Food Poison Journal
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09/07/10
RE: H.R.2749

US PIRG, the federation of state public interest groups, released a report today on outbreaks and illnesses since the House's passage of HR 2749, ...

Source: Food Poison Journal
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09/06/10
Food Fascism in the Land of the Free

Enter Senate bill S. 510 Food Safety Modernization Act, already passed in the House as HR 2749. Some have demonized the bill as ultimate food fascism where ...

Source: Prison Planet.com
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