A bill 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.

Summary

Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat 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 carried out 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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Timeline

1. 16 April 1991

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 April 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 September 1991

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Gen. Leg.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · — · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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Sponsors

• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
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