3.0.0 73 2019-11-15T21:44:06Z 2019-11-15T21:44:06Z Senate S S 2005-01-24 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-01-24T21:59:17Z 2005-01-24 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S249-250) IntroReferral 2005-01-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S249) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Animal diseases Animals Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Brain diseases Cattle Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Deer Defective products Department of Health and Human Services Destruction of property Dietary supplements Drugs Due process of law Elk Employee training Export controls Feeds Fines (Penalties) Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Forfeiture Goats Government Operations and Politics Health Import restrictions Injunctions Interstate commerce Labor and Employment Law Searches and seizures Sheep Standards Veterinary medicine Agriculture and Food 00 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2005-02-08T18:46:54Z Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005 - Makes it unlawful for any person to introduce into interstate or foreign commerce 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 risk of transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and may contain specified risk material from a ruminant; or (2) any material from a ruminant exhibiting signs of a neurological disease.

States that the head of a Federal agency may: (1) seize and destroy an article that is introduced into interstate or foreign commerce in violation of this Act; or (2) require any person who is in violation of this Act to cease the violation, to recall any sold article and refund the purchase price, to destroy or forfeit the article to the United States for destruction, or to cease production operations until the head of the appropriate Federal agency determines that there is no longer a violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for related civil and monetary penalties.

Defines "covered article" as: (1) animal feed, nutritional supplement, or medicine; and (2) any other article that is ordinarily ingested, implanted, or otherwise taken into an animal. Sets forth exceptions.

Defines "specified risk material" as: (1) the skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, tonsils, spinal cord, vertebral column, or dorsal root ganglia of cattle and bison 30 months of age and older, or sheep, goats, deer, and elk 12 months of age and older; (2) the intestinal tract of any ruminant; and (3) any other material of a ruminant that may carry a prion disease.

]]> Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005 Display Title Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote food safety and to protect the animal feed supply from bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Introduced in Senate 2005-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s73is/xml/BILLS-109s73is.xml 2005-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S249-250) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.