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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1094 

To prohibit the sale or transport of equines and equine parts in interstate 

or foreign commerce for human consumption. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2013 

Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. 

WHITFIELD, Mr. MORAN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

GERLACH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LANCE, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. 

JONES, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 

A BILL 

To prohibit the sale or transport of equines and equine 

parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguard American 

5 Food Exports Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that— 

3 (1) horses and other equines are domestic ani4 mals that are used primarily for recreation, pleasure, 

5 and sport; 

6 (2) unlike cows, pigs, and other domesticated 

7 species, horses and other members of the equidae 

8 family are not raised for the purpose of human con9 sumption; 

10 (3) equines raised in the United States are fre11 quently treated with drugs, including phenylbuta12 zone, acepromazine, boldenone undecylenate, omep13 razole, ketoprofen, xylazine, hyaluronic acid, nitrofu14 razone, polysulfated glycosaminoglycan, clenbuterol, 

15 tolazoline, and ponazuril, which are not approved for 

16 use in horses intended for human consumption; 

17 (4) consuming parts of an equine raised in the 

18 United States likely poses a serious threat to human 

19 health and the public should be protected from these 

20 unsafe products; and 

21 (5) the sale and transport of equines for the 

22 purpose of processing for human consumption, and 

23 the sale and transport of equine parts for human 

24 consumption, are economic in nature and substan25 tially affect interstate and foreign commerce. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS. 

2 Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

3 Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(ccc)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 the sale or transport of equines in interstate commerce, 

7 or the importing or exporting (or offering for import or 

8 export) of equines into or out of the United States, by 

9 any person who knows or reasonably should have known 

10 that such equines are to be slaughtered for human con11 sumption as food. 

12 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

13 sale or transport of equine parts (including flesh, meat, 

14 and viscera) in interstate commerce, or the importing or 

15 exporting (or offering for import or export) of such parts 

16 into or out of the United States, by any person who knows 

17 or reasonably should have known that such equine parts 

18 are to be used for human consumption as food.’’. 

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