3.0.0 2770 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z Senate S S 2008-03-13 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-13T20:52:24Z 2008-03-13 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2008-03-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 3/14/2008 S2151) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-03-13 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2008-03-13 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-03-13 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2008-03-31 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-04-17 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2008-04-17 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-04-18 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-05-02 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-09-24 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agricultural industries Animals Commerce Defective products Department of Agriculture Fines (Penalties) Food industry Food safety Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Law Livestock Meat inspection Meat packing industry Poultry Protection of animals Restaurants Agriculture and Food 00 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-19T21:56:46Z Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to make it a violation of such Act to: (1) slaughter any nonambulatory livestock, or prepare any carcass or carcass part or meat or meat food product from such animal, for human food use; or (2) fail to comply with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958.

Establishes the following penalties for violations of such prohibitions: (1) gross income-based civil penalty for a first violation; (2) one-year inspection service suspension for a second violation; and (3) permanent withdrawal of inspection service a third violation.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate final regulations that provide for public disclosure of a comprehensive list of establishments at which recalled meat or poultry is known to be available for public consumption or sale.

]]> Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008 Display Title Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to strengthen the food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2770is/xml/BILLS-110s2770is.xml 2008-03-13 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.