S 1202
108th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Animals
Business records
Cattle
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Food industry
Food safety
Fraud
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horses
Identification devices
Livestock
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Produce trade
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2003
Introduced: June 5, 2003
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 5, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, respectively, to direct that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer.
Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified.
Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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