S.2081 - Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007
A bill to require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
All Bill Titles
- Official: A bill to require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007 as introduced.
This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.
Bill's Views
- Today: 1
- Past Seven Days: 17
- All-Time: 1,423
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Committees
Official Summary
9/20/2007--Introduced.Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007 - Applies this Act to replacement equipment, food, drugs, devices, cosmetics, biological products, consumer products, meat or meat food product, poultry or poultry products, and eggs or egg products (covered products).ProhibOfficial Summary
9/20/2007--Introduced.Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007 - Applies this Act to replacement equipment, food, drugs, devices, cosmetics, biological products, consumer products, meat or meat food product, poultry or poultry products, and eggs or egg products (covered products).
Prohibits a manufacturer from distributing a covered product unless the manufacturer holds a certification from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection that the manufacturer possesses sufficient means (through insurance or otherwise) to cover the entire cost of a recall of the product, including administrative costs, compensatory damages, and costs of any product liability or other lawsuit relating to that product.
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act (regarding meat and meat food products), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (regarding poultry and poultry products), the Egg Products Inspection Act (regarding eggs and egg products), and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) (regarding food) to provide for voluntary and mandatory recalls of adulterated or misbranded articles, notice to consumers and health officials, and related procedures.
...Read the Rest
Recent News Coverage
Punish the right people for substandard imports
The Food and Product Responsibility Act (S. 2081) will shift the risk of harm to the public from toxic imports where it belongs: to the backs of the ...
Recent Blog Coverage
View All (18)
|
View Top Rated
New York
The NY state Freshwater Wetland law, now over 40 years old, has been up for renewal through the Clean Water Protection Act (A.2048/S.2081) introduced in the NY Senate during the past few years, it has not been passed. ...
North Carolina Gov. Easley Signs Common Sense Gun Control Law To ...
Yes, improving the Brady background check system - here, to screen out the dangerously mentally ill during transactions at licensed gun dealers - is gun control. And it's just common sense. The signing of the bill - S. 2081 - is ...
September 20 Meeting - New Time Our next meeting will be September ...
We urge Senator Gordon Smith to Stop Toxic Imports and Support the Food and Product Responsibility Act (S. 2081). Southern Oregon JwJ Southern Oregon JwJ. Support the US Food and Product Responsibility Act, introduced in the Senate by ...

U.S. Congress - S.2081 Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007



