[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3601 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3601

   To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products 
 Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by 
 enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the 
   history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a 
 recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2006

  Mr. Schumer 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 Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products 
 Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by 
 enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the 
   history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a 
 recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, 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 ``Meat and Poultry Products 
Traceability and Safety Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.

    (a) Livestock.--Title I of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 25. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND MEAT PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term 
`traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and 
location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or 
registered identification.
    ``(b) Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Amenable species presented for slaughter 
        for human food purposes, and the carcasses or parts of 
        carcasses and the meat and meat food products of those species, 
        shipped in interstate commerce shall be identified in a manner 
        that enables the Secretary to trace--
                    ``(A) each animal or group of animals of the 
                amenable species (as determined by the Secretary to be 
                appropriate for each amenable species) to any premises 
                or other location at which the animal was held at any 
                time before slaughter; and
                    ``(B) each carcass or part of a carcass and meat 
                and meat food product of the amenable species forward 
                from slaughter through processing and distribution to 
                the ultimate consumer.
            ``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        traceability system for all stages of production, processing, 
        and distribution of meat and meat food products that are 
        produced through the slaughter of amenable species described in 
        paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may 
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment 
inspected under this Act of any amenable species not identified as 
prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (b).
    ``(d) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each 
        person, firm, and corporation required to identify an amenable 
        species under subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as 
        prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and 
        identification of the amenable species.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described 
        in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a 
        duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the 
        representative to access to each place of business of the 
        person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records 
        described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation 
        described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to 
        be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as 
        the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall 
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or 
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any 
amenable species or carcasses of amenable species were held.
    ``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or 
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter, 
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification 
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at 
which any amenable species or carcasses of amenable species were held.
    ``(g) Relation to Country of Origin Labeling.--Nothing in this 
section prevents or interferes with implementation of the country of 
origin labeling requirements of subtitle D of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.).''.
    (b) Poultry.--The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by 
inserting after section 23 (21 U.S.C. 467e) the following:

``SEC. 23A. TRACEABILITY OF POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term 
`traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and 
location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or 
registered identification.
    ``(b) Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Poultry presented for slaughter for 
        human food purposes and poultry products shipped in interstate 
        commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the 
        Secretary to trace--
                    ``(A) each poultry or group of poultry (as 
                determined by the Secretary to be appropriate) to any 
                premises or other location at which the poultry was 
                held at any time before slaughter; and
                    ``(B) each poultry product forward from slaughter 
                through processing and distribution to the ultimate 
                consumer.
            ``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        traceability system for all stages of production, processing, 
        and distribution of poultry and poultry food products that are 
        produced through the slaughter of poultry described in 
        paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may 
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment 
inspected under this Act of any poultry not identified as prescribed by 
the Secretary.
    ``(d) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each 
        person, firm, and corporation required to identify poultry 
        under subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as prescribed 
        by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and 
        identification of the poultry.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described 
        in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a 
        duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the 
        representative to access to each place of business of the 
        person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records 
        described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation 
        described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to 
        be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as 
        the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall 
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or 
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any 
poultry or carcasses of poultry were held.
    ``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or 
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter, 
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification 
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at 
which any poultry or carcasses of poultry were held.
    ``(g) Relation to Country of Origin Labeling.--Nothing in this 
section prevents or interferes with implementation of the country of 
origin labeling requirements of subtitle D of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.).''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, 
        mules, or other equines'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``amenable species'';
            (2) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, or goats'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``amenable species'';
            (3) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, and goats'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``amenable species'';
            (4) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``amenable species'';
            (5) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``amenable species''; and
            (6) by striking ``cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or other 
        equine'' each place it appears and inserting ``amenable 
        species''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the day after the effective date of section 794 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.
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