HR 3885
107th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Administrative procedure
Child health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Environmental Protection
Environmental risk assessment
Families
Food adulteration and inspection
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Health warnings
Infants
Law
Mercury
Seafood Safety and Mercury Screening Act of 2002
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 6, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Seafood Safety and Mercury Screening Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) provide that seafood containing an unsafe quantity of methyl mercury shall be deemed to be adulterated; (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a tolerance for methyl mercury in seafood based on a scientific analysis of the health risks attributable to such substance; and (3) deem unsafe any seafood containing methyl mercury over the tolerance limits.
Requires the Secretary to ensure that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to pregnant women, infants, and children from aggregate exposure to methyl mercury.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a sampling system to determine the extent of tolerance compliance; (2) design and implement a related public education program; (3) develop national and regional methyl mercury advisories; and (4) consider certain findings of the National Academy of Sciences regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's recommended level for methyl mercury.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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