美國參議員希望在休會前通過食品法案

    食品伙伴網(wǎng)導(dǎo)讀：美國參議員多數(shù)黨領(lǐng)袖哈里里德（民主黨-內(nèi)華達州）于周二表示他希望在8月休會前，能通過食品安全立法以及兒童營養(yǎng)重新授權(quán)法案這兩項重要是食品法案。
  
    多數(shù)黨督導(dǎo)參議員迪克杜賓（民主黨-伊利諾伊州）作為FDA食品安全現(xiàn)代化法案的主要發(fā)起人，他與7月28日對政治脈沖（POLITICO's Pulse ）的記者說，現(xiàn)在與以前很長一段時間相比，他對該法案的前景感覺更好了。里德還表示，周二他想推動關(guān)于兒童營養(yǎng)的重新授權(quán)法案，該法案將提高學(xué)校午餐的償還率補助，使垃圾食品和碳酸飲料遠離自動販賣機和快餐店，并推出農(nóng)場到學(xué)校的直接聯(lián)系以擴大學(xué)校早餐計劃。

    據(jù)悉，現(xiàn)行的兒童營養(yǎng)法案被延長1年，將于9月30日到期。而參議院定于8月9日開始長達一個月的休會。

原文報道：
by Helena Bottemiller | Jul 29, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday he hopes to pass pending food safety legislation and the child nutrition reauthorization, two major food bills, before August recess.

Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the primary sponsor of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which was unanimously voted out of committee in November, told POLITICO's Pulse yesterday he feels better about the bill's prospects "than I have in a long time."

The food safety bill has lost steam in the Senate, as Food Safety News recently reported, there are currently three challenges for the legislation: time, bisphenol-A (BPA) politics, and small farmer concerns.

Several media outlets recently reported that Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) insistence on adding controversial language to ban the use of BPA in food and drink containers is the primary holdup for the legislation.

Durbin told POLITICO's Pulse yesterday, however, he doesn't think BPA will be a problem, adding that he believes the bill will have bipartisan support.

"We're ready," he said. "We're talking to her; we're talking about the amendment, and I hope we can work something out."

Feinstein's office says she's still working with Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and ranking member Mike Enzi (R-WY) on a compromise.

Many insiders believe that if the bill were given a timeline for getting to floor, the final details would be ironed out and compromises would be reached.

Reid also said Tuesday he would like to move on the child nutrition reauthorization bill, which would raise the reimbursement rate for school lunch, make way for taking junk food and soda out of vending machines and snack bars, launch farm-to-school pilots, and expand school breakfast programs.

"It would be nice if we could do something with child nutrition--we're going to try to do that," Reid told reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday. "I'm told that that could be bipartisan."

The one-year extension on the current child nutrition bill expires September 30. The Senate is scheduled to begin a month-long recess August 9.