A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products be subject to certain examination, inspection, and labeling requirements, and to require that eating establishments serving imported meat or meat food products provide notice of that fact to their customers.

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Title I: Examination, Inspection, and Labeling Requirements for Imported Meat - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require the labeling of any carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product which is imported into the United States and capable of consumption as human food. Requires that such meat food products be examined and inspected at the port of entry to determine whether or not they are adulterated. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe regulations for the disposition of adulterated foods and for the labeling of non-adulterated foods. Requires the Secretary to prescribe such assessments and fees on imported meat food products to cover examination, inspection, and labeling costs as determined necessary. Authorizes the holding of any meat food product in customs custody until the foreign plant exporting such product pays such assessments or fees. Title II: Requirement That Eating Establishments Inform Customers That Imported Meat or Meat Food Products are Served in Such Establishments - Requires any eating establishment serving imported meat to inform its customers of such fact. Sets forth penalties for any owner, employee, or agent who knowingly violates such requirement.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 May 1981

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