HR 186
108th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Commerce
Consumer education
Environmental Protection
Feeds
Fertilizers
Food safety
Grazing
Labeling
Livestock
Meat
Natural foods
Organic farming
Poultry
Sewage sludge
Waste disposal sites
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act of 2003
Introduced: January 7, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Feb 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in House
Jan 7, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Plain-English summary
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to classify a food as adulterated if it was produced, or contains any ingredient that was produced, on land on which sewage sludge was applied. Permits the following exceptions: (1) if the application of sewage sludge ended more than one year before the production of the food commenced; (2) if a labeling requirement is met; or (3) in the case of a food that is generally offered for sale without labeling, if an informative sign is posted near the product.
Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to classify specified foods under those Acts as adulterated if sewage sludge was involved in specified ways in their production. Allows exceptions for each food similar to those to be permitted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify the prohibition under a specified Federal regulation on the use of sewage sludge in organic food production under the National Organic Program of the Department of Agriculture.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1