II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3435 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 27 (legislative day, May 26), 2010 Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to revise the definition of the term adulterated to include contamination with E. coli.

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Definition of adulterated

Section 1(m) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(m)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (8), by striking or at the end; (2)in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (10)if it is contaminated with enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Shiga toxin-producing serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli). .