Hearing on “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s Food and Drugs”
The Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a legislative hearing on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s Food and Drugs.”
Key Documents
Memorandum from Chairman Pallone to the Subcommittee on Health
Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairwoman Eshoo as prepared for delivery
Livestream
Legislation
H.R. 961, the "Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2019"
H.R. 1769, the "Defending Against Imitations and Replacement of Yogurt, Milk, and Cheese to Promote Regular Intake of Daily Everyday Act" or the "DAIRY PRIDE Act"
H.R. 2117, the "Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2019" or the "FASTER Act of 2019"
H.R. 2267, the "Infant Formula Protection Act of 2019"
H.R. 2827, the "Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2019"
H.R. 4487, the "Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act" or the "CURD Act"
H.R. 4712, the "Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act"
H.R. 4866, the "National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019"
H.R. 5663, the "Safeguarding Therapeutics Act"
H.R. 5668, the "Making Objective Drug Evidence Revisions for New Labeling Act of 2020" or the "MODERN Labeling Act of 2020"
Witnesses
Panel I
Jeff Allen, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Friends of Cancer Research
Richard Kaeser
Vice President, Global Brand Protection
Johnson & Johnson
Fernando Muzzio, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Michigan Medical School
Panel II
Melanie Benesh
Legislative Attorney
Environmental Working Group
Tom Balmer
Executive Vice President
National Milk Producers Federation
J. David Carlin
Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs and Economic Policy
International Dairy Foods Association
Douglas Corey, D.V.M.
Past President
American Association of Equine Practitioners
Talia Day
Patient Advocate
Paul C. DeLeo, Ph.D.
Principal
Integral Consulting, Inc.
Mardi Mountford
President
Infant Nutrition Council of America
Nancy Perry
Senior Vice President, Government Relations
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Sara Sorscher
Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs
Center for Science in the Public Interest