House Bill 4466
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Farm to Table Safety Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 24, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4466
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Farm to Table Safety Act
This bill modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety education program.
Specifically, the bill requires USDA to (1) include farm workers in the program; and (2) expand the scope of the program to include practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, methods of identifying sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination.
September 24, 2019
10/11/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
09/24/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
09/24/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:49:52 PM