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H.R. 3160 (109th)

Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

30 June 2005

Last action

29 July 2005 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Sponsors

Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]

Subjects

Healthcare, Agriculture

Source updated

28 November 2025

Healthcare · 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 prescribe: (1) surveys to determine foodborne pathogen contamination levels for raw meat and raw poultry, and meat and poultry products processed in establishments inspected under such Acts; (2) public health goals; and (3) initial and final pathogen reduction performance standards to reduce pathogen contamination and achieve public health goals. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, and publish a list of, such pathogens; (2) initiate pathogen surveys to determine existing levels of meat and poultry contamination; (3) establish public health goals and objectives to achieve foodborne illness reduction; and (4) report on the scientific feasibility of establishing health-based performance standards for pathogens. 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. 30 June 2005

    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. 30 June 2005

    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. 30 June 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 30 June 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 25 July 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

    Source: Committee

  6. 29 July 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

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