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Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act

Introduced: June 30, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jun 30, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 30, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 7/1/2005 S7850-7851)
Jun 30, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 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 prescribe: (1) surveys to determine foodborne pathogen contamination levels for raw meat and raw poultry, and meat and poultry products processed in establishments inspected under such Acts; (2) public health goals; and (3) initial and final pathogen reduction performance standards to reduce pathogen contamination and achieve public health goals.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, and publish a list of, such pathogens; (2) initiate pathogen surveys to determine existing levels of meat and poultry contamination; (3) establish public health goals and objectives to achieve foodborne illness reduction; and (4) report on the scientific feasibility of establishing health-based performance standards for pathogens.

Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee for Microbiology Criteria for Foods.

Directs the Secretary to enforce Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System requirements and other sanitation requirements in any official establishment. Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit non-complying establishments from labeling any meat or meat product, or poultry or poultry product, as "inspected and passed."

What's happening now June 30, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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