A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 1124 2022-11-01T19:47:20Z 2022-11-05T19:25:09Z Senate S 2019-04-10 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-10T19:43:29Z 2019-04-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-04-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N Agriculture and Food Advisory bodies Agricultural trade Brazil Department of Agriculture Executive agency funding and structure Food supply, safety, and labeling Latin America Meat Trade restrictions Agriculture and Food

00 2019-04-10 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-15T14:19:27Z This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a working group to (1) evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and (2) make recommendations regarding whether or not the importation of beef and poultry from Brazil should be permitted. The bill also suspends imports of beef and poultry from Brazil until the working group submits its recommendations to USDA.

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A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1124is/xml/BILLS-116s1124is.xml 2019-04-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.