United States 112th Congress Status: Died 1 D cosponsors

S 216 — Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011

Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  3. Died in session

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Summary

Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to 10 years for knowingly and intentionally to defraud or mislead, and with conscious or reckless disregard of a risk of death or serious bodily injury: (1) introducing into or receiving or delivering in interstate commerce any food, drug, device, tobacco product, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded; (2) adulterating or misbranding any such item in interstate commerce; or (3) altering, mutilating, destroying, obliterating, or removing labeling of such item while it is held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce resulting in such item being adulterated or misbranded.

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Action History

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  2. Referred to House Judiciary

  3. Referred to House Energy and Commerce

  4. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  6. Received in the House.

  7. Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2552; text as passed Senate: CR S2552)

  8. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 21.

  9. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  10. Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  11. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S340)

  12. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S339-340)

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on

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Not signed on (546)

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Subjects

public-safety agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does S 216 do?
Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to 10 years for knowingly and intentionally to defraud or mislead, and with conscious or reckless disregard of a risk of death or serious bodily injury: (1) introducing into or receiving or delivering in interstate commerce any food, drug, device, tobacco product, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded; (2) adulterating or misbranding any such item in interstate commerce; or (3) altering, mutilating, destroying, obliterating, or removing labeling of such item while it is held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce resulting in such item being adulterated or misbranded.
Who sponsors S 216?
S 216 is sponsored by Patrick Leahy (D).
What is the current status of S 216?
This bill died with 112th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track S 216?
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