,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #igdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbf,mr4 
,lawler introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services to conduct an          
assessment of food products imported    
into the ,united ,states from foreign   
facilities1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,protecting ,america's ,food       
,supply ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,assessment 
of food products imported into the      
,united ,states from foreign facilities 
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,health and ,human ,services shall      
conduct an assessment of food products  
imported into the ,united ,states from  
foreign facilities for the purpose of   
evaluating--  7#a7 the level of risk to 
public health associated with such food 
products1 including a breakdown by the  
country of origin2  7#b7 the history of 

health safety violations and recalls    
associated with such products2  7#c7 the
 volume of such products entering the   
,united ,states2 and  7#d7 the level of 
coordination between ,united ,states and
 foreign regulators in conducting       
inspections of such products4  7b7      
,publication of information  7#a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary shall publish on a publicly  
accessible website of the ,department of
 ,health and ,human ,services           
information relating to the assessment  
to be conducted under subsection 7a71   
including-- 7,a7 a summary of the       
findings of the ,secretary based on the 
assessment2  7,b7 an identification of  
annual targets for the number of        
inspections of foreign food facilities  
to conducted by the ,food and ,drug     
,administration2  7,c7 an identification
 of the actual number of such           
inspections that were conducted2  7,d7 a
 description of high-level trends       

associated with such inspections1       
including a breakdown by commodity and  
country of origin2 and  7,e7 an         
assessment of whether the risk-based    
inspections of foreign food facilities  
conducted by the ,food and ,drug        
,administration are in alignment with   
the requirements of the ,,fda ,food     
,safety ,modernization ,act 7,public    
,law #aaa-cec71 including the amendments
 made by that ,act4  7#b7 ,updates ,the 
,secretary shall update the information 
to be published under paragraph 7#a7 on 
an ongoing basis4