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S 2480 106th Congress Senate

Imported Perishable Product Safety Improvement Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of perishable product whose import is regulated by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 27, 2000 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Imported Perishable Product Safety Improvement Act - Title I: Improvements to the Safety System for Imported Perishable Products - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system to deny the importation of any perishable product if the Secretary makes and publishes: (1) a determination that such product has been associated with repeated outbreaks of disease or has been repeatedly determined to be adulterated, presents a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death, and is likely to cause disease or be adulterated again; or (2) an emergency determination that such product has been strongly associated with a single outbreak of disease that has caused such consequences or death.

Prohibits the distribution of perishable products designated by the Secretary for examination until authorized by the Secretary.

Authorizes the Secretary to hold a perishable product in a secure storage facility until such a determination can be made. Requires the destruction of products adversely designated.

Prohibits: (1) port shopping when a product has been refused admission; and (2) imports of perishable products by debarred persons.

Authorizes the Secretary to require the owner of a refused product to clearly label such product as having been refused entry.

Title II: Enforcement and Penalties for Importing Contaminated Perishable Products - Provides for the promulgation and enforcement of regulations governing, and the imposition of penalties against, the importing of contaminated perishable products. Authorizes the debarment of repeat offenders.

Title III: Improvements to Public Health Infrastructure and Awareness - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to: (1) make grants or agreements with, and provide technical assistance to, eligible agencies to enhance their capacity to carry out activities relating to surveillance and prevention of pathogen-related disease borne in a perishable product; and (2) conduct related research, training, education, and public awareness activities.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2480: Imported Perishable Product Safety Improvement Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2480/
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