S 3767
111th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010
Introduced: September 13, 2010
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 584.
Sep 23, 2010
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 23, 2010
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 13, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7038-7039)
Sep 13, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7038)
Sep 13, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose an additional fine and/or a prison term of up to 10 years for knowingly violating prohibitions of such Act against adulteration or misbranding of any food, drug, device, tobacco product, or cosmetic, or against the introduction in interstate commerce of unsafe dietary supplements, with conscious or reckless disregard of a risk of death or serious bodily injury.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 584.
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