US Food Safety Modernization Act Signed by President Obama

President Obama signed the House Bill (H.R.2751) on Jan. 4, 2011 and became Public Law No: 111-353.

< Final version of the Bill H.R.2751 (295kb pdf for printing, 89 pages, file save is not permitted)>
< Food Safety Modernization Act H.R.2751 Requirements pdf 190kb, released by ScoringAg >

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee marked up the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). This was passed on Nov. 18, 2009.

The Committee unanimously approved the food safety bill by voice vote. The bill, similar to the House Bill HR 2749 passed in July, would expand the FDA’s regulatory authority over food products. Specifically, it would allow the agency to order mandatory recalls of tainted food products (a power it does not currently possess) and implement a program to collect fees from certain food facilities to fund increased safety inspections, among other provisions.

One of the features of this legislation is that it mandates end-to-end traceability of produce and other raw material inputs into processed foods.

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Existing Legislation(Bioterrorism Act 2002)	HR 2749 (Passed)	S 510 ( Passed Mark-up)	HR2751 ( Signed by President)
One-Up, One Down Traceback	All-Up, All down Traceback	All-Up, All down Traceback including importers and exporters	All-Up, All down Traceback including importers and exporters
Little Enforcement	Major Enforcement	Major Enforcement follows H.R. 2749	Major Enforcement follows H.R. 2749
Farms, Restaurants and Groceries exempt, ambiguous link to the farm	Farms, Restaurants and Groceries included, clear traceback document links to the farm	Some Farms, Restaurants are  exempt, but HACCP for all facilities with clear traceback links to the farm	Some Farms, Restaurants are  exempt, but HACCP for all facilities with clear traceback links to the farm
Any form of records	Only electronic records	Only electronic records	Electronic records or mandatory inspection by FDA
Voluntary Recall	Mandatory Recall	Mandatory Recall	Mandatory Recall
Reasonable Record Access by FDA	Mandatory Immediate Access to Records	Mandatory Immediate Access to Records	Mandatory Immediate Access to Records
No facility registration fees required	US-$ 500 facility registration fee required every year	Facility registration fee is required every year with two year records retention	No facility registration fees required
Any type of lot code identifier	Unique traceback identifier for product coding with standardized recordkeeping	Testing Labs must report all food contamination to FDA with unique food code	Testing Labs must report all food contamination to FDA with unique food code

New: Produce CONTENT in S 510: ―The proposed rulemaking under paragraph (1) shall― ‘‘(A) include, with respect to growing, harvesting, sorting, and storage operations, minimum standards related to soil amendments, hygiene, packaging, temperature controls, animal encroachment, and water; and ‘‘(B) consider hazards that occur naturally, may be unintentionally introduced, or may be  intentionally introduced, including by acts of terrorism.

Penalties in HR 2749 for unintentional violations is between $20,000 and $ 250.000. The fine for intentional violations is $ 500.000 up to $ 7.5 million and can result in imprisonment for up to ten years. It doesn’t make any difference if the operations is commercial, organic, natural or in any way certified. This law includes also all imports and exports.
(Referring to Ms. Brunhilde Merker, ScoringAg.com CEO)

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Update

• 2011/1/4 US Food safety Modernization Act HR2751 signed by President Obama. See details.

• 2010/1/4 "BI-MODE" component module introduced. See details.
• 2009/11/18 US Food safety bill approved by Senate panel.
• 2009/9/15 "BI-MODE", "i-BES" free supply chain/E-commerce system introduced
• 2009/6/15 site opened.