Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act

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; and (4) perform microbial compliance testing at such establishments, and prohibit non-complying establishments from labeling such products as "inspected and passed." Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee for Microbiology Criteria for Foods.

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Timeline

1. 13 March 2002

   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. 13 March 2002

   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. 13 March 2002

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 13 March 2002

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 15 March 2002

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

   Source: Committee

6. 26 March 2002

   Referred

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

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 13 March 2002 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 March 2002

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 March 2002

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Sponsors

• Anna Eshoo · D · Sponsor
• Rosa DeLauro · D · Sponsor
• NITA LOWEY · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] · D · Sponsor
• MIKE DOYLE · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Sponsor
• ELIOT ENGEL · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rivers, Lynn N. [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] · D · Sponsor
• JOSEPH CROWLEY · D · Sponsor
• LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Betty McCollum · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
• Rep. McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Diana DeGette · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4] · R · Cosponsor
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