#aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4    
#cdea  ,,an ,,act  ,to improve ! heal? &
 safety ( ,am]icans liv+ ) food all]gies
 & relat$ disord]s1 includ+ pot5tially  
life-?reat5+ anaphylaxis1 food          
prote9-induc$ ent]ocolitis syndrome1 &  
eos9ophilic ga/ro9te/9al diseases1 & =  
o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act
 may be cit$ z ! ,food ,all]gy ,safety1 
,treatm5t1 ,education1 & ,rese>* ,act ( 
#bjbj or ! ,,fa/] ,act ( #bjbj4  #b4    
,food all]gy safety  7a7 ,9 g5]al       
,section #bja7qq77#a7 ( ! ,f$]al ,food1 
,drug1 & ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4  
#cba7qq77#a77 is am5d$ by /rik+ &       
soybeans & ins]t+ soybeans1 & sesame4   
7b7 ,effective date ,! am5dm5t made by  
subsection 7a7 %all apply to any food t 
is introduc$ or deliv]$ = introduction  
into int]/ate comm]ce on or aft] ,janu>y
 #a1 #bjbc4  #c4 ,report to ,congress   
7a7 ,report ,n lat] ?an #ah mon?s aft] !
 date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ! ,secret>y
 ( ,heal? & ,human ,s]vices 7ref]r$ to 9
 ?is section z ! ,secret>y7 %all submit 

to ! ,committee on ,heal?1 ,education1  
,labor1 & ,p5sions ( ! ,s5ate & !       
,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce ( !     
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives a report t      
includes-- 7#a7 descriptions ( ongo+    
,f$]al activities relat$ to-- 7,a7 !    
surveillance & collection ( data on !   
preval5ce ( food all]gies & sev]ity (   
all]gic reactions = specific food or    
food +r$i5ts1 includ+ ! id5tification ( 
any gaps 9 su* activities2  7,b7 !      
developm5t ( effective food all]gy      
diagno/ics2  7,c7 ! prev5tion ( ! onset 
( food all]gies2  7,d7 ! r$uction (     
risks relat$ to liv+ ) food all]gies2 & 
7,e7 ! developm5t ( new !rapeutics to   
prev5t1 treat1 cure1 & manage food      
all]gies2 &  7#b7 specific              
recomm5dations & /rategies to exp&1     
enhance1 or improve activities describ$ 
9 p>agraph 7#a71 includ+-- 7,a7         
/rategies to improve ! accuracy ( food  
all]gy preval5ce data by exp&+ &        
int5sify+ curr5t collection me?ods1     
includ+ support = rese>* t includes !   

id5tification ( biom>k]s & te/s to      
validate survey data & ! inve/igation ( 
! use ( id5tifi$ biom>k]s & te/s 9      
national surveys2  7,b7 /rategies to    
ov]come gaps 9 surveillance & data      
collection activities relat$ to food    
all]gies & specific food all]g5s2 &     
7,c7 recomm5dations = ! developm5t &    
implem5tation ( a regulatory process &  
framework t w\ld all[ = ! timely1       
transp>5t1 & evid5ce-bas$ modification (
 ! def9ition ( major food all]g5 includ$
 9 section #bja7qq7 ( ! ,f$]al ,food1   
,drug & ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4   
#cba7qq771 includ+ ) respect to-- 7i7 ! 
sci5tific crit]ia = def9+ a food or food
 +r$i5t z a major food all]g5 pursuant  
to su* process1 includ+ recomm5dations  
p]ta9+ to evid5ce ( ! preval5ce &       
sev]ity ( all]gic reactions to a food or
 food +r$i5t t w\ld be requir$ 9 ord] to
 e/abli% t su* food or food +r$i5t is an
 all]g5 ( public heal? conc]n           
appropriate = su* process2 &  7ii7      
opportunities = /akehold] engagem5t &   

comm5t1 z appropriate1 9 consid]+ any   
su* modification to su* def9ition4  7b7 
,publication ,! ,secret>y %all make !   
report "u subsection 7a7 available on ! 
int]net website ( ! ,dep>tm5t ( ,heal? &
 ,human ,s]vices4  ,pass$ ! ,s5ate      
,decemb] #i1 #bjbj4,secret>y