S. 216: Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011
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S. 216: Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-27 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 31, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to 10 years for knowingly and intentionally to defraud or mislead, and with conscious or reckless disregard of a risk of death or serious bodily injury: (1) introducing into or receiving or delivering in interstate commerce any food, drug, device, tobacco product, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded; (2) adulterating or misbranding any such item in interstate commerce; or (3) altering, mutilating, destroying, obliterating, or removing labeling of such item while it is held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce resulting in such item being adulterated or misbranded.
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Official text
Food Safety Accountability Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · 6 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s216.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s216 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112