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S 216 112th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Food supply, safety, and labeling Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011

Introduced: January 27, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 18, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 15, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 15, 2011
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 15, 2011
Received in the House.
Apr 14, 2011
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2552; text as passed Senate: CR S2552)
Apr 14, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2552; text as passed Senate: CR S2552)
Mar 31, 2011
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21.
Mar 31, 2011
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Mar 31, 2011
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 27, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S340)
Jan 27, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S339-340)
Jan 27, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 31, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to 10 years for knowingly and intentionally to defraud or mislead, and with conscious or reckless disregard of a risk of death or serious bodily injury: (1) introducing into or receiving or delivering in interstate commerce any food, drug, device, tobacco product, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded; (2) adulterating or misbranding any such item in interstate commerce; or (3) altering, mutilating, destroying, obliterating, or removing labeling of such item while it is held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce resulting in such item being adulterated or misbranded.

What's happening now April 18, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 29, 2011
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 27, 2011
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jan 27, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 216: Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-216/
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"S. 216: Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-216/.
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S. 216, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-216/.
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