3.0.0 2081 2023-01-11T20:27:45Z 2023-01-11T20:27:45Z Senate S S 2007-09-20 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-20T22:31:38Z Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2008 110 5069 HR 2008-04-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2007-09-20 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-09-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-09-20 True Commerce Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Consumer education Customs administration Damages Defective products Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Imports Law Manufacturing industries Meat Poultry Products liability Commerce 00 2007-09-20 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-19T14:49:20Z 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.

]]> Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2081is/xml/BILLS-110s2081is.xml 2007-09-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.