# 115-hr-4749: Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act

115-hr-4749, Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4749
- Congress: 115
- Title: Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Introduced: 2018-01-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Truth in Certification for Foreign Food Ingredients Act This bill amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to carry out a program to enhance transparency and traceability of food products and ingredients that are exported to the United States in order to protect consumers and food manufacturers against mislabeling, adulteration, and fraud. Under the program, the FAS must provide foreign government officials, agricultural producers, and exporters of food products and ingredients to the United States with technical assistance and best practices to improve: (1) transparency, traceability and fraud prevention; and (2) cooperation with private certification and verification bodies to ensure the accuracy and integrity of their food product and ingredient certification and verification.

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4749 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4749)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4749 (as of 2025-11-18).