Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) applauded the Senate passage of the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act. The senators led seven of their senator colleagues, including Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), introducing this bill to addresses the growing challenges posed by food allergies, which affect tens of millions of Americans. The bill modernizes our nation’s labeling laws by codifying sesame as a major food allergen and calls for a comprehensive report on food allergies in the United States that will assist future governmental and private-sector efforts to monitor, study, and combat these allergies. Approximately 1.5 million Americans are allergic to sesame. "For years, parents in Connecticut have told me about the challenges associated with sesame allergies—about how dangerous it is for them…