US Congress Senate Bill 2819 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 30 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-11-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12011)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Processed Food Safety Act of 2009 - Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to prohibit the sale or transport in commerce of any processed poultry, poultry product, meat, or meat food product capable of human consumption that has not undergone a pathogen reduction treatment for each ingredient or been certified to contain no verifiable traces of pathogens. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require each registered facility to: (1) apply pathogen reduction treatments to each food that it manufactures, processes, packages, or holds for consumption in the United States; and (2) certify that each such food contains no verifiable traces of pathogens, or that each such food leaving the facility has received required pathogen reduction treatments. Requires coloring, synthetic flavorings, and spices used in such products to be named.

Processed Food Safety Act of 2009

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-11-30		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12011)
2009-11-30		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12009-12011)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2819/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s2819/BILLS-111s2819is.pdf