[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2480 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2480

To provide for the approval of a petition pending at the Food and Drug 
 Administration to allow the use of low-dose irradiation to pasteurize 
                   red meat, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 1997

  Mr. Ganske (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
 Burton of Indiana, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Frank of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hastert, 
 Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Linder, Mr. Manton, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Paul, 
   Mr. Porter, Mr. Souder, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Weldon of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the approval of a petition pending at the Food and Drug 
 Administration to allow the use of low-dose irradiation to pasteurize 
                   red meat, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hamburger Safety Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF IRRADIATION.

    Chapter IV (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 403B the following:

                              ``disclosure

    ``Sec. 403C. (a) No provision of section 201(n), 403(a), or 409 
shall be construed to require on the label or labeling of a food a 
separate radiation disclosure statement that is more prominent than the 
declaration of ingredients required by section 403(i)(2).
    ``(b) In this section, the term `radiation disclosure statement' 
means a written statement that discloses that a food or a component of 
the food has been intentionally subject to radiation.''.

SEC. 3. FDA ACTION ON PETITION.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, appove the petition 
of the Isomedix Corporation submitted June 30, 1994 under section 
409(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

SEC. 4. LOW-DOSE IRRADIATION INFORMATION.

    Chapter IV of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

                   ``low-dose irradiation information

    ``Sec. 414. A commercial establishment serving prepared meat and 
poultry shall make available information to patrons about whether the 
meat and poultry being served has been treated with low-dose radiation. 
The information shall be provided in a manner that the establishment 
deems appropriate to provide such information to patrons.''.
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