,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #c1     
#bjai,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself and ,mr4 
,boozman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
prohibit the sale of food that is1 or   
contains1 unsafe poppy seeds4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stephen ,hacala ,poppy ,seed       
,safety ,act4  #b4 ,findings2 purpose   
7a7 ,findings ,congress finds as        
follows3 7#a7 ,stephen ,hacala was a    
#bd-year-old from ,fayetteville1        
,arkansas1 who was dearly loved by      
family and friends when he died from    
morphine intoxication caused by         
consumption of contaminated poppy seeds4
  7#b7 ,more than a dozen people in the 
,united ,states have been confirmed to  
have died from morphine overdoses from  
contaminated poppy seeds4  7b7 ,purpose 
,it is the purpose of this ,act to      

prohibit the distribution and sale of   
contaminated poppy seeds in order to    
prevent harm1 addiction1 and further    
deaths from morphine-laced poppy seeds4 
#c4 ,unsafe poppy seeds as adulterants  
in food ,section #cja of the ,federal   
,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #cca7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7fff7 ,selling1 
or offering to sell1 directly to        
consumers a food that is or contains    
poppy seeds1 including concentrates1    
metabolites1 constituents1 or extracts  
of poppy seeds1 that contain levels of  
morphine1 codeine1 or other alkaloid    
compounds that may render the food      
injurious to health4  4