Food Contamination Prevention Act
Official title: To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to regulate the transportation in commerce of solid waste and food by prohibiting certain vehicles from transporting both… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to regulate the transportation in commerce of solid waste and food by prohibiting certain vehicles from transporting both waste and food, by requiring health and safety standards for certain vehicles used to transport certain waste and food, and for other purposes.
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See H.R.3386.
Food Contamination Prevention Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations: (1) prohibiting the transportation in commerce of hazardous, medical, recyclable, and terminal waste in any refrigerated or other vehicle designed for transporting perishable food or in any vehicle that is also used to transport any food, food additive, drug, cosmetic, or device, or any package containing such items; (2) establishing health and safety standards for the transportation in commerce of recyclable and reusable waste in vehicles that are also used to transport any food, food additive, drug, cosmetic, or device, or any package containing such items; (3) requiring any vehicle used to transport solid waste to be labeled in a manner that identifies the vehicle as a dedicated or nondedicated waste vehicle and that identifies the class of waste transported by such vehicle; (4) requiring each solid waste management facility to institute a program to ensure that all nondedicated waste vehicles that are used to transport solid waste are kept free from contaminants through the use of reasonably available current technology; and (5) establishing criteria for three classes of nonhazardous solid waste (reusable, recyclable, and terminal as defined in this Act).
Prescribes criminal penalties for violation of such regulations.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3430: Food Contamination Prevention Act. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3430/
"H.R. 3430: Food Contamination Prevention Act." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3430/.
H.R. 3430, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3430/.
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