S 3435
111th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Meat
A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to revise the definition of the term "adulterated" to include contamination with E. Coli.
Introduced: May 27, 2010
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Became law
May 27, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 27, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to include in the definition of "adulterated" any carcass or part thereof, meat, or meat food product that is contaminated with enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Shiga toxin-producing serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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