HR 4400
115th 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: November 15, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Nov 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 15, 2017
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