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Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act

Introduced: March 13, 2002 See on congress.gov
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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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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.

What's happening now March 26, 2002

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

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Independent 1
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 9, 2002
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 23, 2002
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 29, 2002
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 23, 2002
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 13, 2002
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 13, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3956: Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3956/
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