U.S. Congress - S.2002 BSE and Other Prior Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act
S.2002 - BSE and Other Prior Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act
A bill to provide protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other prion diseases. view all titles (2)
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- Short: BSE and Other Prior Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act as introduced.
- Official: A bill to provide protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other prion diseases. as introduced.
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Official Summary
11/14/2005--Introduced.BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act - Prohibits the importation of a covered article that: (1) if containing animal-derived material, does not state in English that the covered article contains animal-derived material and the nameOfficial Summary
11/14/2005--Introduced.
BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act - Prohibits the importation of a covered article that:
(1) if containing animal-derived material, does not state in English that the covered article contains animal-derived material and the name of the derivative animal, and if a ruminant, identifies the country of origin and states whether specified risk material from the ruminant is or may be part of the covered article;
(2) if not containing animal-derived material, does not state in English that the covered article does not contain animal-derived material; and
(3) contains animal-derived material from a ruminant that was in any country at a time at which there was a transmission risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Prohibits the introduction into interstate or foreign commerce of a covered article that contains:
(1) specified risk material from a ruminant, or any material from a ruminant that was in any foreign country when there was a BSE transmission risk; or
(2) any material from a ruminant exhibiting signs of a neurological disease. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to:
(1) develop an enforcement plan for the regulatory ban of certain animal proteins in ruminant feed;
(2) promulgate regulations prohibiting same-farm admixing of ruminant and nonruminant feed;
(3) in conjunction with the National Prion Disease Pathology Research Center at Case Western Reserve University, expand survey efforts for prion diseases in humans; and
(4) monitor animal feed and provide for the registration of certain animal feed businesses.
Directs the Secretary to accelerate the establishment of a ruminant identification program capable of tracing, within 48 hours, the movements of disease-exposed animals from birth to slaughter.
Directs the Secretaries to:
(1) jointly establish a prion disease task force; and
(2) develop appropriate compliance standards.
Defines:
(1) covered article;
(2) prion disease; and
(3) specified risk material.
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