Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 9, 2018)
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 just happenedJan 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 9, 2018
- Jan 24, 2018Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee - Jan 9, 2018IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - Jan 9, 2018IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2018IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House