A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to provide for more effective inspection of imported meat and meat products to prevent the importation of diseased, contaminated, or otherwise unwholesome meat and meat products.

Summary

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect plants handling imported meat at least four times a year. Requires the Secretary to inspect at least two percent of each imported lot of fresh or frozen meats. Requires the Secretary to prescribe appropriate inspection procedures to detect contamination from pesticides or other chemicals regardless of whether ingested or absorbed by the animals prior to slaughter or introduced into the meat or meat products subsequent hereto. Provides that the Commissioner of Customs shall levy on all products entering the United States which are subject to this Act, in addition to any tariffs, a charge or charges set by the Secretary of Agriculture at levels which are in his judgment sufficient to defray the probably costs of all examinations and inspections carried out pursuant to this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 January 1973

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