Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2007
Latest action · May 3, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 3, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that amenable species presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal or group of animals to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require that each person, firm, or corporation required to identify livestock maintain accurate records.
Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 3, 2007Introduced in Senate
- May 3, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3485 | TRACE Act of 2007 | Related bill | Sep 6, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural estimating and reporting
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Business records
- Cattle
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Food industry
- Food safety
- Fraud
- Goats
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Horses
- Identification devices
- Livestock
- Meat inspection
- Meat packing industry
- Poultry
- Produce trade
- Sheep
- Swine
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 3, 2007Introduced in Senate
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