Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act

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Bill Number

HR 3956

Introduced

Mar 13, 2002

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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Topics

Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Exports Federal advisory bodies Food contamination Food industry Food safety Foodborne diseases Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health Imports Labeling Law Meat inspection Meat packing industry Poultry inspection Science, Technology, Communications Standards Surveys

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Summary

Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, respectively, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) prescribe initial and final pathogen performance standards for raw meat and raw poultry, and meat and poultry products processed in establishments inspected under such Acts; (2) identify, and publish a list of, such pathogens; (3) initiate pathogen surveys to determine existing levels of meat and poultry contamination; and (4) perform microbial compliance testing at such establishments, and prohibit non-complying establishments from labeling such products as "inspected and passed."

Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee for Microbiology Criteria for Foods.

Actions

Mar 26, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 15, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Mar 13, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 13, 2002

Introduced in House

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