Food Safety Bills, as of 5-25-07 -- CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND HOUSE REPS !!

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The Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)
and
FOOD SAFETY BILLS

ARE AT RISK OF DYING

Active Legislation
110th Congress (2007-2008)
Updated May 25, 2007:

Link to Active Legislation

Country of Origin Labeling has been a law since 2002, but not implemented.

!! URGENT ATTENTION !!

Thomas - S.404 (introduced 1-26-07) (Related Bills: H.R.357)
Title: A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the implementation of country of origin labeling requirements by September 30, 2007.
Text of S.404

Rahberg - H.R.357  (introduced 1-9-07) (Related Bills: S.404)
Title: To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to implement mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for meat and produce on September 30, 2007.
Text of H.R. 357

Here are the current Food Safety Bills:

Durbin - S.1274 (introduced 5/2/2007)
Title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of food for humans and pets:
Text of S.1274

Durbin - S.654 (introduced 2/15/2007) (Related Bill: H.R.1148 - DeLauro)
Title: A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration 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:
Text of S.654

Durbin - S.729 (introduced 4/6/2005)  (Related Bill: S.1507 - DeLauro)
Title: A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration 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.
Text of S.729

DeLauro - H.R.1148 (introduced 2/16/2007)  (Related Bill: S.654 - Durbin)
Title: To establish the Food Safety Administration 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.
Text of H.R.1148

DeLauro- H.R.2108 (introduced 5/2/2007)
Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of food for humans and pets:
Text of H.R.2108

DeLauro- H.R.1507 (introduced 4/22/2005) (Related Bill: S.729 - Durbin)
Title: To establish the Food Safety Administration 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.
Text of H.R.1507

Schumer - S.1292 (introduced 5/3/2007) (Related Bill: H.R.1507 - DeLauro)
Title: A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for other purposes:
Text of S.1292


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