In this section you will find a link to HR 2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act. If your company provides food consumption to the public then you should give close attention to the following: • Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 HR2749 (Passed House 2-to-1 majority, in Senate) • Allows the FDA to require ELECTRONIC traceability, REQUIRES full pedigree of product (Sec 107.c) • Creates severe criminal and civil penalties, including prison terms of up to 10 years and/or fines of up to $500,000 for each violation for individuals (sec 134,135) • Government cost of a recall can be passed on to the business that created the recall so size of the recall matters more. (Sec 108) • Traceability exemption for Farms is now only if the farm owner sells directly to the consumer or a restaurant. (Sec 107.4) • The general exclusion of farms and restaurants from the traceability requirements has been removed (sec 106.c) • Allows inspection of records at any time (Sec 107.a) • Blue Mountain Networks has teamed up with RIFCOP or Rapid Identification of Food Contamination Origination Point, which is a web-based system that enables food chain members to easily iterate their food production and distribution information with other members of the chain. In the event of a traceability emergency, members can quickly post a traceability query with the system. HR 2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act RIFCOP