US SB1680 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Food Recovery Act of 2017 This bill provides funding and establishes requirements to reduce food waste and standardize date labeling on food. The bill authorizes grants or loans for: raising awareness about wasted food and food recovery efforts to reduce the quantity of wasted food; reducing food waste at schools and farms; and reducing food waste in accordance with the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Environmental Protection Agency, including for a state organic waste reduction plan, food waste management infrastructure, and certain composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects. The bill provides funds for: (1) state storage and distribution costs under the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and (2) national media campaigns to decrease food waste. The bill also: establishes a Food Recovery Liaison within the Department of Agriculture (USDA), specifies that composting is eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs, expands the liability protections for the donation of food, and requires companies that receive federal food service contracts to donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people. The bill requires date labels on food packaging to include the phrases "best if used by" to indicate food quality and "use by" to warn of food that may be unsafe to eat after a specified date. Labelers may include a quality date on packaging, but must include a safety date on ready-to-eat products. No one may prohibit the sale, donation, or use of a product based on passage of the quality date of the product.

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Title

Food Recovery Act of 2017

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-07-31SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Same As/Similar To

HB3444 (Related) 2017-07-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Subjects

Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agriculture and food
Alternative and renewable resources
Charitable contributions
Civil actions and liability
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Livestock
Marketing and advertising
Meat
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations

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Bill Comments

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