United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5854 (101st)
To clarify that the inspection of meat and poultry products offered for import into the United States is to be conducted by United States personnel, and for other purposes.
Introduced
17 October 1990
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Summary
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that meat being imported be subject to the same inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards applied to products produced in the United States. Requires that inspections of imports be done by U.S. inspectors. Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that inspections of imports be done by U.S. inspectors.
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 October 1990
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/5854
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/hr/5854