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HR 4749 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural trade Food supply, safety, and labeling Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act

Introduced: January 9, 2018 Introduced by: Soto, Darren Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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Jan 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Jan 9, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act

This bill amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to carry out a program to enhance transparency and traceability of food products and ingredients that are exported to the United States in order to protect consumers and food manufacturers against mislabeling, adulteration, and fraud.

Under the program, the FAS must provide foreign government officials, agricultural producers, and exporters of food products and ingredients to the United States with technical assistance and best practices to improve: (1) transparency, traceability and fraud prevention; and (2) cooperation with private certification and verification bodies to ensure the accuracy and integrity of their food product and ingredient certification and verification.

What's happening now January 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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