Costa, Putnam to introduce food safety bill Wednesday

Food safety legislation will be introduced tomorrow by two industry allies in Congress. From an email from Costa's office:

U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (D-Calif.), a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) chairman of the House Republican Conference will brief reporters on the Safe FEAST Act, food safety legislation they will introduce Wednesday (April 22).

Nearly 25,000 cases of food-borne illness were reported in the United States during 2006. To protect the food supply and consumer confidence, the Safe FEAST Act (Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act) will establish new mandatory food safety requirements to identify and prevent potential sources of food-borne illness