H.R.875 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009: Can Some Explain This Is Simple Terms?

(excerpt from: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:1:./temp/~c1115e5WKG:e5014: )

H.R.875

Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

(a) Findings- Congress finds that–

• (1) the safety of the food supply of the United States is vital to the public health, to public confidence in the food supply, and to the success of the food sector of the Nation’s economy;

• (2) lapses in the protection of the food supply and loss of public confidence in food safety are damaging to consumers and the food industry, and place a burden on interstate commerce and international trade;

• (3) recent ongoing events demonstrate that the food safety program at the Food and Drug Administration is not effective in controlling hazards in food coming from farms and factories in the United States and food and food ingredients coming from foreign countries, and these events have adversely affected consumer confidence;

• (4) the safety and security of the food supply require a systemwide approach to prevent food-borne illness involving the integrated efforts of Federal, State and local agencies; a thorough, broad-based, and coordinated approach to basic and applied science; and intensive, effective, and efficient management of the Nation’s food safety program;

• (5) the task of preserving the safety of the food supply of the United States faces tremendous pressures with regard to–

• • (A) emerging pathogens and other contaminants and the ability to detect all forms of contamination;

• • (B) the threat of intentional contamination of the food supply;

• • (C) a growing number of people at high risk for food-borne illnesses, including an increasing population of aging and immune-compromised consumers, together with infants and children;

• • (D) an increasing volume of imported food, without adequate monitoring, inspection, and systems for prevention of food safety problems; and

• • (E) maintenance of rigorous inspection of the domestic food processing and food service industries;

• (6) Federal food safety standard setting, inspection, enforcement, and research efforts should be based on the best available science and public health considerations, and food safety resources should be systematically deployed in ways that most effectively prevent food-borne illness;
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