"A major bill to reform the Food and Drug Administration's authority on food safety cleared the House Energy and Commerce committee on a voice vote Wednesday morning. It now heads to the House floor for action. The bill was praised by Democrats and Republicans alike who noted the committee's leadership worked with both sides of the aisle and stakeholders to forge compromises that drew bipartisan support. The committee vote came on a 133-page version of the bill, which as unveiled Wednesday morning as a substitute for previous versions. The substitute included compromises that were agreed to in the wake of last week's markup of the bill in the health subcommittee.
The bill as it now stands includes language worked out at a meeting Monday with committee staffers and the National Grain and Feed Association, the Pet Food Institute, and the American Feed Industry Association that
differentiates between human food and animal feed when setting hygiene and other standards for production. "
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