H.R. 4466 · 116th Congress

Farm to Table Safety Act

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2019-09-24
Latest action
2019-10-11 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

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.