Safe School Lunch Act of 2008

A bill to improve food safety through mandatory meat, meat product, poultry, and poultry product recall authority, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to improve communication about recalls with schools participating in the school lunch and breakfast programs, and for other purposes.

5/1/2008--Introduced.
Safe School Lunch Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to order an immediate halt to the distribution of meat, meat food products, poultry, or poultry products upon finding that they may cause a serious, adverse health consequence or be adulterated. Gives persons subject to such an order the opportunity for an informal hearing, within 10 days after the order's issuance, on the actions required by the order and on whether it should be amended to require a recall of the targeted items. Requires the Secretary to order the recall of such items upon affirming that the order should include a recall. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) establish a program providing schools that participate in the school lunch or breakfast programs with training regarding the recall of meat, meat food products, poultry, and poultry products;
(2) ensure that information on the Department of Agriculture's website concerning the inspection and recall of such items is current, clear, and accessible by school employees and parents;
(3) promulgate regulations ensuring that all of such items inspected by the Secretary can be traced from slaughter to final distribution to schools participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs; and
(4) review and evaluate the Department's inspection and recall procedures for such items.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
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Committees

• Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2952

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 01, 2008

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• May 01, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
• Introduced on May 01, 2008.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Telecommunication
• Technology
• School lunch program
• Poultry
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• Parent-school relationships
• Meat inspection
• Meat
• Law
• Government publicity
• Government paperwork
• Government information
• Food safety
• Families
• Executive departments
• Elementary and secondary education
• Electronic government information
• Education
• Department of Agriculture
• Consumers
• Consumer protection
• Animals
• Agriculture
• Administrative remedies
• Administrative procedure
• Food

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April 30, 2008 Bill Introduced: S.2952 Safe School Lunch Act of 2008

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