3.0.0 2952 2019-11-15T21:44:45Z 2019-11-15T21:44:45Z Senate S S 2008-05-01 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-01T15:52:49Z 2008-05-01 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2008-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-05-01 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-06-25 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Animals Commerce Consumer protection Department of Agriculture Education Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Families Food safety Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Law Meat Meat inspection Parent-school relationships Poultry School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Agriculture and Food 00 2008-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-07T22:05:29Z Safe School Lunch Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to order an immediate halt to the distribution of meat, meat food products, poultry, or poultry products upon finding that they may cause a serious, adverse health consequence or be adulterated.

Gives persons subject to such an order the opportunity for an informal hearing, within 10 days after the order's issuance, on the actions required by the order and on whether it should be amended to require a recall of the targeted items. Requires the Secretary to order the recall of such items upon affirming that the order should include a recall.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program providing schools that participate in the school lunch or breakfast programs with training regarding the recall of meat, meat food products, poultry, and poultry products; (2) ensure that information on the Department of Agriculture's website concerning the inspection and recall of such items is current, clear, and accessible by school employees and parents; (3) promulgate regulations ensuring that all of such items inspected by the Secretary can be traced from slaughter to final distribution to schools participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs; and (4) review and evaluate the Department's inspection and recall procedures for such items.

]]> Safe School Lunch Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Safe School Lunch Act of 2008 Display Title Safe School Lunch Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve food safety through mandatory meat, meat product, poultry, and poultry product recall authority, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to improve communication about recalls with schools participating in the school lunch and breakfast programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2952is/xml/BILLS-110s2952is.xml 2008-05-01 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.