FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 5518), H1183 [28FE]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 6636), H7306 [29JY]

———strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 2770), S2133 [13MR]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 3267), S6722 [15JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 5518), E272 [28FE]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 6636), E1596 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

Food: strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (S. 2770), S2151 [13MR]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 3267), S6817 [16JY]

———require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly, S1580 [5MR]

———require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly (S. 414), S158 [23JA]