HR 3540
114th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural education
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Farm to Table Safety Act
Introduced: September 17, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Sep 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 17, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Farm to Table Safety Act
This bill amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to modify the food safety education program authorized in the Act. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) include farm workers in the program, and (2) expand the scope of the program to include practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, methods of identifying sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1