3.0.0 3267 2019-11-15T21:44:47Z 2019-11-15T21:44:47Z Senate S S 2008-07-15 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-15T22:53:48Z 110 3484 HR 2007-09-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2008-07-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2008-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N Agriculture and Food Administrative remedies Animals Business records Cattle Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Commerce Consumer education Defective products Department of Agriculture Fines (Penalties) Food industry Food safety Goats Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Horses Judicial review Labeling Law Livestock Meat Meat inspection Meat packing industry Poultry Produce trade Sheep Swine Agriculture and Food

00 2008-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-17T19:32:18Z Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2008 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2008- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, eggs, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from violating facilities, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties; and (3) provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties.

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Short Titles as Introduced Short Titles as Introduced Display Title Official Title as Introduced Introduced in Senate 2008-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3267is/xml/BILLS-110s3267is.xml 2008-07-15 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.