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Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Budgets, Business, Clinical trials, Communication in medicine, Communications, Consumers, Damages, Data banks, Drug adulteration, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drugs, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Health information systems, Imports, Internet, Labeling, Law, Licenses, Medical care, Medical technology, Medicine, Product safety, Subpoena, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Wage restitution, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety and quality of medical products and enhance the authorities of the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes. 7/31/2008--Introduced. Drug and Device Accountability Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to deem a drug or device to be misbranded unless certain conditions related to registration of establishments, identification of prior transactions, labeling for country of manufacture, and provision of required information on importation are met.Includes in the definition of "drug" a precursor ingredient.Repeals the registration exemption for manufacturers of harmless inactive ingredients that become components of drugs.Expands the information required to be included for registration of establishments.Deems a drug to be adulterated if certain conditions related to verification of identity and purity, identification of [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Allergies, Budgets, Business, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Data banks, Day care, Department of Health and Human Services, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Executive departments, Exports, Federal aid to education, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food industry, Food safety, Food service, Foodborne diseases, Foreign policy, Fruit, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Health surveys, Import restrictions, Imports, International affairs, International cooperation, Laboratories, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Poultry, Preschool education, Restaurants, Risk, Salmonella, School health programs, Science policy, State and local government, Technology, Test facilities, Trade, Transportation, Vegetables
Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7933-7934) Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply. 7/31/2008--Introduced. FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to regulate food, including by authorizing the Secretary to: (1) suspend the registration of a food facility; and (2) order a cessation on distribution or recall of food.Directs the Secretary to allocate resources based on the risk profile of food facilities or food.Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare a National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist state, local, and tribal governments in preparing for, assessing, decontaminating, and recovering from an agriculture or food emergency. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess fees on domestic food [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the establishment of a traceability system for food, and for other purposes. 8/1/2008--Introduced. Food Tracking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit failing to comply with any requirement of this Act.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food; and (2) convene an advisory committee to assist in implementing the system. Requires the system to identify each article of food shipped in interstate commerce in a manner that enables the Secretary to retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a recordkeeping and audit system, a secure, online database, or registered identification.Authorizes the Secretary to direct each person required to identify an article of food to maintain accurate records regarding the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7953-7954) Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices. 7/31/2008--Introduced. Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that provisions preempting state and local requirements for medical devices intended for human use shall not be construed to modify or otherwise affect any action for damages or the liability of any person under state law. Makes this Act effective as if it were included in the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 and applicable to any civil action pending or filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Collection of accounts, Consumer education, Consumers, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food industry, Food safety, Goats, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Judicial review, Labeling, Law, Livestock, Meat, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 07/15/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes. 7/15/2008--Introduced. Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2008 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2008- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, eggs, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Consumers, Federal preemption, Law, Local laws, Medical care, Medical malpractice, Medical supplies, Medical technology, Medicine, Products liability, State and local government, State laws
Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices. 6/26/2008--Introduced. Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that provisions preempting state and local requirements for medical devices intended for human use shall not be construed to modify or otherwise affect any action for damages or the liability of any person under state law. Makes this Act effective as if it were included in the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 and applicable to any civil action pending or filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Also tagged in: Advertising, Business, Consumers, Electronic commerce, Electronic mail systems, Employee benefit plans, Labor, Product safety, Telecommunication, Warranties, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to prohibit text message spam. 6/16/2008--Introduced. Do-Not-Text Act of 2008 - Amends the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 to exclude from the definition of "mobile service commercial message" a commercial e-mail if the message's primary purpose is to: (1) facilitate, complete, or confirm a transaction between the message recipient and the sender; (2) provide warranty, recall, safety, or security information regarding the recipient's product or service; (3) provide notice of a change in terms or conditions, a change in the status of the recipient, or account statements regarding a subscription, membership, account, loan, or comparable ongoing commercial relationship; (4) provide information regarding an employment relationship or benefit plan in which the recipient is involved; or (5) deliver goods or services, including updates or upgrades, that the recipient is entitled to receive.Declares that provisions relating to the application of the Act to wireless do [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Consumers, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Government publicity, Law, Medical care, Medical supplies, Medical technology, Medicine, Product safety, Technology
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the postmarket surveillance of devices. 5/15/2008--Introduced. Food and Drug Administration Accountability and Transparency Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish in the Federal Register postmarket surveillance plans for medical devices, unless such information is exempted under the Freedom of Information Act. Subjects medical device manufacturers that fail to comply with postmarket surveillance requirements to civil monetary penalties. Requires the Secretary to take into consideration whether the manufacturer is making efforts toward correcting the violation in determining the amount of the civil penalty. Authorizes the Secretary to order notification of health personnel and other relevant persons if a violation of postmarket surveillance requirements of a device presents an unreasonable risk of substantial [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for service of process over foreign nationals in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States, and for other purposes. 4/29/2008--Introduced. Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act - Amends the federal judicial code to provide for service of process on foreign citizens or subjects (nationals), or their agents, in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States which were manufactured by the foreign national outside the United States. Conditions jursidiction for service of process on the fact that the foreign national: (1) knew or reasonably should have known that the product or component would be imported for sale or use in the United States; or (2) had contacts with the United States, whether or not such contacts occurred in the place where the injury occurred.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural industries, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Consumers, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food industry, Food safety, Government information, Government publicity, Law, Livestock, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Poultry, Protection of animals, Restaurants
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 3/14/2008 S2151) Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to strengthen the food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock. 3/13/2008--Introduced. Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to make it a violation of such Act to: (1) slaughter any nonambulatory livestock, or prepare any carcass or carcass part or meat or meat food product from such animal, for human food use; or (2) fail to comply with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958. Establishes the following penalties for violations of such prohibitions: (1) gross income-based civil penalty for a first violation; (2) one-year inspection service suspension for a second violation; and (3) permanent withdrawal of inspection service a third violation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate final regulations that provide for public disclosure of a comprehensive list of establishments at which recalled meat [...] show full description
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