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Food Safety Accountability Act Clears Senate

By Helena Bottemiller on April 19, 2011

The Senate unanimously adopted a bill late last week to stiffen the criminal penalties for companies that knowingly violate food safety laws.

The bill, authored by Judiciary Commmittee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), increases the penalty…

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Sen. Leahy Presses for Update on PCA Investigation

By Helena Bottemiller on February 23, 2011

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sent a letter Tuesday to the Department of Justice inquiring about the status of the department’s investigation into Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company implicated in a…

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Panel Toughens Penalties for Food Safety Violators

By Mary Rothschild on September 24, 2010

Certain food safety violations would be felonies, rather than misdemeanor offenses, under a bill approved yesterday by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

The legislation, S. 3767 or the Food Safety Accountability Act, was introduced just…

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Leahy Introduces Food Safety Accountability Bill

By Helena Bottemiller on September 15, 2010

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a bill Monday aimed at holding violators of food safety standards “accountable for their crimes.”

The legislation, dubbed the Food Safety Accountability Act, follows a measure Leahy introduced before August…

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Bill Would Up Penalties for Food Safety Violations

By Helena Bottemiller on August 2, 2010

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation late last week that would stiffen the penalties for companies that knowingly violate food safety standards.
 
According to Leahy’s office, the Food…

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