SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2007

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes.

9/6/2007--Introduced.
Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to:
(1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate;
(2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from violating facilities, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties; and
(3) provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
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Committees

• House Agriculture
• 2 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3484

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 06, 2007

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• Sep 06, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Sep 06, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Sep 06, 2007: Referred to House Agriculture
• Sep 06, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Sep 06, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.3267

Related Issue Areas:

• Labeling
• Swine
• Sheep
• Produce trade
• 28 more
• Poultry
• Meat packing industry
• Meat inspection
• Meat
• Livestock
• Law
• Judicial review
• Horses
• Government paperwork
• Government information
• Goats
• Food safety
• Food labeling
• Food industry
• Fines (Penalties)
• Executive departments
• Department of Agriculture
• Defective products
• Consumers
• Consumer education
• Collection of accounts
• Cattle
• Business records
• Business
• Animals
• Administrative remedies
• Actions and defenses
• Food

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The legislation -- which takes provisions from several bills, such as (HR 3610), (HR 3624), (HR 3115) and (HR 3484) -- would allow FDA to order the recall of contaminated foods and unsafe medications and medical devices and would ...

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