3.0.0 2934 2023-01-11T13:16:41Z 2023-01-11T13:16:41Z Senate S S 2010-01-20 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-01-20T17:36:54Z 2010-01-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2010-01-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Agriculture and Food Food supply, safety, and labeling Fraud offenses and financial crimes Seafood State and local government operations Trade restrictions Agriculture and Food 00 2010-01-20 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-04T19:04:44Z Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the importation of any seafood from a foreign country unless the country complies with U.S. standards for seafood manufacturing, processing, and holding. Requires an annual inspection of each foreign facility that exports seafood to the United States to ensure compliance with such standards. Requires periodic follow-up inspections of such foreign facilities as determined necessary by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Requires the Secretary to inspect and test: (1) not less than 20% of all imported seafood each year; and (2) the first 15 shipments of seafood imported or offered for import into the United States from an exporter. Sets forth inspection and test requirements that apply with respect to exporters that fail to meet inspection or test requirements.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) refuse entry of all seafood shipments from a country that repeatedly fails to meet inspection or testing requirements; and (2) establish exporter fees as necessary.

Requires the detention or destruction of imported seafood that fails to meet safety standards unless the shipment meets criteria for re-export.

Allows importation of seafood at only those U.S. ports of entry that have the personnel trained to conduct the applicable testing and inspections.

Prohibits: (1) making a knowingly false statement with respect to a test or inspection under this Act; or (2) knowingly misbranding any seafood imported under this Act. Establishes a civil penalty for violations.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program under which a state may conduct inspection, testing, and certification of U.S. seafood imports.

]]> Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act Display Title Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act Introduced in Senate 2010-01-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2934is/xml/BILLS-111s2934is.xml 2010-01-20 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.