Update on Food Safety Modernization Act

Marra Farm Harvest, Photo by Steve Tracy

Things are looking a little less grim on S510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, thanks to some important amendments being proposed.  From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), here’s an update:

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a copy of the “manager’s amendment” to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) which is, in essence, the bill as reported out of the HELP Committee late last year as modified by a long and arduous set of negotiations that have taken place since that time to work out particular issues.

The manager’s package has the support of HELP Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY) as well as the four lead sponsors of the underlying bill, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chris Dodd (D-CT), and Richard Burr (R-NC).

The manager’s amendment will be adopted if and when the bill comes to the Senate floor in September when Congress returns from its summer recess.

The full manager’s package is available at http://help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/WHI10337.pdf.

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