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S 216 ESRFHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

S. 216CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AN ACTCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and intentional violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

Section 303(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 333(a)) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘Any’ and inserting ‘Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3), any’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this section, if’ and inserting ‘If’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) Any person who violates subsection (a), (b), (c), or (k) of section 301 with respect to any food--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) knowingly and intentionally to defraud or mislead; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) with conscious or reckless disregard of a risk of death or serious bodily injury,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Passed the Senate April 4, 2011.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Attest:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Secretary.

112th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 216

AN ACT

To increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and intentional violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated NANCY ERICKSON, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Secretary.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink