[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1133

  To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to cover birds of the 
          order Ratitae that are raised for use as human food.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 1999

   Mr. Grams introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to cover birds of the 
          order Ratitae that are raised for use as human food.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF POULTRY TO INCLUDE RATITES.

    (a) Definition of Poultry.--Section 4(e) of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``The term `poultry' includes birds of the order Ratitae, 
such as ostriches, emus, and rheas, that are raised for distribution in 
commerce as human food.''.
    (b) Implementation of Amendment.--Beginning on the date that is 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, an establishment in the 
United States that slaughters or processes birds of the order Ratitae 
for distribution in commerce as human food shall be subject to the ante 
mortem and post mortem inspection, reinspection, and sanitation 
requirements of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et 
seq.) rather than the voluntary poultry inspection program of the 
Department of Agriculture established under section 203 of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622).
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