H.R.875 - Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009

To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 as introduced.

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Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Daniel B. Maffei [D, NY-24] $26,200
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-9] $23,510
Rep. Dina Titus [D, NV-1] $16,584
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-12] $14,110
Rep. Nick J. Rahall II [D, WV-3] $13,758
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-24] $8,710
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-3] $8,560
Rep. John A. Yarmuth [D, KY-3] $8,410
Rep. Bill Foster [D, IL-11] $8,050
Rep. Gary C. Peters [D, MI-14] $7,579
 
Sen. Michael F. Bennet [D, CO] $117,570
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $108,084
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $66,321
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $62,586
Sen. Charles E. Schumer [D, NY] $62,100
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] $31,050
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey [R, PA] $11,400
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy [D, VT] $10,400
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI] $10,100
Sen. Rob Portman [R, OH] $9,450

Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.875

  • Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP)
  • Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention
  • Food and Water Watch
  • Trust for America's Health
  • Center for Science in the Public Interest
  • Consumer Federation of America
  • Consumers Union
  • Pew Charitable Trusts

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received
Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-22] $78,650
Rep. Collin C. Peterson [D, MN-7] $35,000
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-16] $30,550
Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13] $26,000
Rep. Frank D. Lucas [R, OK-3] $25,950
Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro [D, CT-3] $24,750
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R, TX-19] $24,200
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R, MO-3] $21,700
Rep. Tom Latham [R, IA-3] $21,000
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer [D, MD-5] $20,900
 
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $92,400
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $46,950
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $43,000
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $39,850
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R, IA] $37,100
Sen. Jerry Moran [R, KS] $31,966
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $28,950
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] $28,350
Sen. Michael F. Bennet [D, CO] $27,518
Sen. Rob Portman [R, OH] $26,900

Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.875

  • International Dairy Foods Association
  • International Advocates for Health Freedom

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