KAINE APPLAUDS SENATE PASSAGE OF HIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO MAKE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN SAFER

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the Senate passage of the Making America's Food Safer Act, bipartisan legislation he led alongside HELP Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) to improve the safety of the U.S. food supply chain. The HELP Committee advanced this legislation in July.

"No one should be in a grocery store aisle having to wonder whether the food in their cart is going to make them ill. Protecting Americans from contaminated food, faulty products, and other dangerous items is one of the most basic regulatory responsib...