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This bill proposes to provide more frequent and efficient food processing plant inspections in order to improve food safety. It allocates $2 billion to the USDA and FDA to conduct more routine inspections of food processing facilities. Several findings are presented that demonstrate problems with the current inspection system, such as food recalls and the inability of inspectors to detect all violations. The bill tasks the FDA with conducting more frequent inspections to reduce foodborne illness and contamination by ensuring compliance with food safety standards. It would take effect on January 6, 2016.

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This bill proposes to provide more frequent and efficient food processing plant inspections in order to improve food safety. It allocates $2 billion to the USDA and FDA to conduct more routine inspections of food processing facilities. Several findings are presented that demonstrate problems with the current inspection system, such as food recalls and the inability of inspectors to detect all violations. The bill tasks the FDA with conducting more frequent inspections to reduce foodborne illness and contamination by ensuring compliance with food safety standards. It would take effect on January 6, 2016.

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Burchett /3 Senator Basbas

S.S._____

A BILL
To provide more frequent and efficient food processing plant inspections.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
This act may be cited as the Safety Inspection Act of 2015.
SECTION 2. FINDINGS
Congress hereby finds and declares that,
1) More than 143 million pounds of beef from Hallmark/Westland Meat Company was dumped and recalled.
2)FDA is unable to inspect a certain number of food processing facilities and the situation is getting worse.
3)The government shutdown has closed down a large part of the FDA, and its food monitoring activities.
4)Auditors failed to detect problems at plants whose contaminated products later sickened consumers.
5)Failure to maintain in repair sufficient to prevent food from being contaminated.
6)Having a critical violation, which generally relates to food temperature control, can drastically increase the
odds that a restaurant can spread foodborne illness.
7)Some procedures used for cleaning and sanitizing of equipment has not been shown to be adequate.
8)Failure to clean food-contact surfaces as frequently to combat contamination.
9)Nearby garbage and sanitation complaints can lead to restaurant violations.
10)Local public health departments regularly inspect businesses serving food to ensure restaurants and other
food retail outlets are following safe food handling procedures.
11)Government wants to be able to jail Egg executives for food safety violations.
12)San Diego Countys approximately 12000 retail food establishments are inspected on a routine basis to
monitor compliance with state and local laws, such as the California Retail Food Code (CalCode).
13)When major violations are found, they are immediately corrected or a suitable alternative is implemented
until they are corrected. Examples of major violations include unsafe temperatures of potentially hazardous
food, improper hand-washing, food from an unapproved source, or improper cleaning and sanitizing of food
contact surfaces.
14)The grade reflects the food safety and sanitation level during the last inspection. An "A" grade means the
facility earned a score of 90 to 100 percent and is in satisfactory compliance with state law; a "B" means the
facility earned a score of 80 to 89 percent and needs improvement in operations and/or structure; a "C"
means the facility earned a score of 79 percent or less and is a failing grade.
15)Contaminated products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
16)FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the
recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers.
SECTION 3. STATUTORY LANGUAGE
A) 2 billion dollars is hereby allocated by the USDA and the FDA to ensure the safety of the consumer and
to ensure efficiency of every Food Processing plant inspection conducted in the United States.
B)The FDA will be responsible for ensuring that there will be more inspections to reduce the chances of
foodborne illnesses and product contamination. The FDA is also responsible in conducting these routine
inspection frequently.
C)The Safety Inspection Act of 2015 shall be enacted on January 6, 2016.

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