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Egg Safety Act of 2000

Introduced: January 24, 2000 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Feb 9, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Jan 24, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 24, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Egg Safety Act of 2000 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate egg inspection regulations applicable to specified poultry producers. Requires such regulations to provide for: (1) effective monitoring of performance standards; (2) hazard analysis and critical control point-based egg safety programs; (3) carton labeling that warns of illnesses associated with raw or undercooked eggs; (4) uniform expiration dating, and new expiration dating for pasteurized shell eggs; (5) prohibition of returned (retail) eggs as repackaged shell eggs for human consumption; and (6) Salmonella enteritidis testing and affected egg pasteurization.

Authorizes the Food Safety and Inspection Service to determine the production origin of Salmonella-contaminated eggs.

What's happening now February 9, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

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  • S 1868 Identical bill Egg Safety Act of 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3526: Egg Safety Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3526/
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"H.R. 3526: Egg Safety Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3526/.
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H.R. 3526, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3526/.
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