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H.R. 2203 (108th)

Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

22 May 2003

Last action

10 March 2004 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H939)

Sponsors

Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

18 August 2025

Agriculture

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Summary

Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, respectively, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) prescribe initial and final pathogen performance standards for raw meat and raw poultry, and meat and poultry products processed in establishments inspected under such Acts; (2) identify, and publish a list of, such pathogens; (3) initiate pathogen surveys to determine existing levels of meat and poultry contamination; (4) perform microbial compliance testing at such establishments, and prohibit non-complying establishments from labeling such products as "inspected and passed "; and (5) report on the scientific feasibility of establishing health-based performance standards for pathogens in raw meat and meat products. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee for Microbiology Criteria for Foods. Directs the Secretary to enforce Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System requirements and other sanitation requirements in any official establishment. Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit non-complying establishments from labeling any meat or meat product, or poultry or poultry product, as "inspected and passed."

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Timeline

  1. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 3 June 2003

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

    Source: Committee

  6. 11 June 2003

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 10 March 2004

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H939)

    Source: IntroReferral

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