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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4466
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 24, 2019Mr. Cárdenas (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to make improvements to the food safety
education program carried out under such Act, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Farm to Table Safety Act.
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Food safety education initiatives
Section 10105(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7655a(a)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , including farm workers, after industry;
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end;
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(3) practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, how to identify sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination.
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