HR 1795
98th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Consumer protection
Federal-state relations
Food adulteration and inspection
Food and Food Industry
Food industry
Labeling
Labeling laws
Livestock
Meat
Meat inspection
Poultry inspection
States
A bill entitled: "The Federal Meat Inspection Act Amendments of 1983".
Introduced: March 2, 1983
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 1983
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 7, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Mar 2, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 2, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit distribution in interstate commerce of certain State-inspected meat and poultry products.
Requires a State to use official marks on meat and poultry products inspected under State law.
Authorizes meat and poultry processing establishments to transfer from State to Federal inspection or vice versa on October 1 of each year upon the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Requires a State-inspected products which are distributed in interstate commerce to meet Federal marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1