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H.R. 5762, The Food Safety Recall Information Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 5762 would prohibit the use of nonambulatory livestock for human food and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to publish the names of retailers and school districts that have purchased meat, poultry, or egg products subject to voluntary recall.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inFood Safety Recall Information Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to editrequire that a person that voluntarily recalls a meat product shall, not later than five days after the wiki and be the firstvoluntary recall begins, submit to providethe Secretary of Agriculture a detailed summarylist of all retail stores or public school districts that are known to have purchased a meat product subject to the bill!)voluntary recall.

Makes similar amendments to the the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Egg Products Inspection Act.

Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to prohibit the use of nonambulatory livestock for human food.

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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 4/10/2008:11/19/2008: Referred to House committee.subcommittee. Status: Referred to the House CommitteeSubcommittee on Agriculture.Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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