3.0.0 2914 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z Senate S S 2008-04-24 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-24T20:19:35Z 2008-04-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-04-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Agriculture and Food Commerce Export controls Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Import restrictions Labeling Seafood Agriculture and Food 00 2008-04-24 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-28T18:56:14Z Imported Seafood Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) issue an order refusing admission into the United States of all imports of seafood or seafood products originating from a country or exporter which the Secretary determines do not meet food safety requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or which are not likely to meet food safety requirements of any other federal law; and (2) notify all U.S. ports of entry of such refusal within five days. Requires shipments denied admission to be clearly marked "Refused Entry by the United States Government."

Requires the importer of such a rejected shipment headed for its country of origin to notify the appropriate authority of such country of the reasons admission was refused before the shipment may be released to the importer.

Requires the importer of such a rejected shipment bound for a third party country to notify such country's appropriate authority about such refusal, and requires such authority to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it accepts such shipment, before the shipment may be released to the importer. Requires the shipment to be destroyed if such authority's notification of acceptance is not made within 45 days after it is notified of the rejection.

]]> Imported Seafood Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Imported Seafood Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 Display Title Imported Seafood Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure the safety of seafood and seafood products being imported into the United States. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2914is/xml/BILLS-110s2914is.xml 2008-04-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.