S.458 - Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish and enforce a maximum somatic cell count requirement for fluid milk. view all titles (2)

All Bill Titles

  • Short: Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish and enforce a maximum somatic cell count requirement for fluid milk. 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: 3
  • Past Seven Days: 13
  • All-Time: 859
 
Introduced
 
Senate
Passes
 
House
Passes
 
President
Signs
 

 
03/01/11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Official Summary

3/2/2011--Introduced.Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to limit the somatic cell count in all dairy products sold, transported, or offered for sale or transport in interstate commerce to a maximum of 400,000 cells per milliliter of fluid m

Official Summary

3/2/2011--Introduced.Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to limit the somatic cell count in all dairy products sold, transported, or offered for sale or transport in interstate commerce to a maximum of 400,000 cells per milliliter of fluid milk, or equivalent, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Authorizes the Secretary to lower the maximum somatic cell count after consideration of any recommendations submitted by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations to require that the calculation of a herd average somatic cell count under this Act be made using a geometric, rather than an arithmetic, mean. Subjects any person that sells, transports, or offers for sale or transport in interstate commerce any dairy product in violation of this Act to a civil penalty.

...Read the Rest

Organizations Supporting S.458

  • International Dairy Foods Association

Organizations Opposing S.458

  • None via MapLight at this time.
See the money trail behind this bill for more info on how campaign contributions may be influencing senators' and representatives' votes.


FEED

Recent News Coverage

View All (33)  |  View Top Rated

05/03/12
ACA girls win 2 tournaments

The Eagles shot 298 to Des Moines Christian’s 458 in the 18-hole event. Grasso was medalist, shooting 35-44-79. Katie Barbee of Des Moines Christian was runner-up medalist with 41-53-94. Also playing for ACA were Snyder, 46-55-101; Kruse ...

Source: Des Moines Register
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
05/03/12
ACA girls win 2 tournaments

The Eagles shot 298 to Des Moines Christian’s 458 in the 18-hole event. Grasso was medalist, shooting 35-44-79. Katie Barbee of Des Moines Christian was runner-up medalist with 41-53-94. Also playing for ACA were Snyder, 46-55-101; Kruse ...

Source: Des Moines Register
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
04/26/12
Boys golf: Columbus' Anton takes third at Oriole/Ledger Invitational

Dominic Nonhof had Mayville’s best score with a 102. Brady Haugen (112), Alex Chanto (118) and Airon Herning (126) rounded out Mayville’s 458 total. In Division 2, Horicon’s Colin Nordquist tied for fourth individually in with an 82. Zach Froh had an

Source: Portage Daily Register
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
FEED

Recent Blog Coverage

View All (11)  |  View Top Rated

03/01/11
S.458: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ...

Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.458 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish and enforce a maximum somatic cell count ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/01/11
S.458: Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011 - U.S. Congress ...

Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.458 Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011.

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/01/11
S.458: Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011 - U.S. Congress ...

Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.458 Milk Quality Standards Act of 2011.

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate



Users tracking S.458 (4) are also tracking:

Bills People






Users opposing S.458 (2) are also:

Supporting Bill


Opposing Bill


Vote on This Bill

0% Users Support Bill

0 in favor / 2 opposed
 

Send Your Senator a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

Top-Rated Comments

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.