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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4750 

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Products Inspection 

Act to improve food safety by supporting efforts by entities that purchase 

beef, pork, or poultry products to further examine the products to ensure 

they remain safe for human consumption and to prohibit interference 

with such examination efforts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2010 

Mr. SCHAUER (for himself, Mr. MCMAHON, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, and Ms. SUTTON) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Poultry 

Products Inspection Act to improve food safety by supporting efforts by entities that purchase beef, pork, or 

poultry products to further examine the products to ensure they remain safe for human consumption and to 

prohibit interference with such examination efforts, and 

for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Meat Contamination 

3 Prevention Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PURCHASER EXAMINATION OF PREVIOUSLY IN5 SPECTED BEEF, PORK, AND POULTRY PROD6 UCTS. 

7 (a) FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT.—Section 6 of 

8 the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 606) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new sub10 section: 

11 ‘‘(e) PURCHASER EXAMINATION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) EXAMINATION AUTHORIZED.—Nothing in 

13 this section or section 4 precludes an entity that 

14 purchases carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or 

15 meat food products authorized to be inspected at 

16 any establishment under the authority of this title 

17 and found to be not adulterated from performing, or 

18 causing to be performed at the expense of the entity, 

19 a further examination of the products to ensure that 

20 the products remain unadulterated. 

21 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION AGAINST INTERFERENCE

22 WITH PURCHASER EXAMINATION.—A person, firm, 

23 or corporation otherwise subject to this title may not 

24 prohibit (via contract or any other means) an entity 

25 described in paragraph (1) from performing, or 

26 causing to be performed, a further examination of 


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1 carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food 

2 products authorized by such paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—Any person, firm, or cor4 poration who violates paragraph (2) shall, upon con5 viction, be subject to imprisonment for not more 

6 than three years, or a fine of not more than 

7 $10,000, or both such imprisonment and fine.’’. 

8 (b) POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT.—Section 

9 6 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 455) 

10 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(d) PURCHASER EXAMINATION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) EXAMINATION AUTHORIZED.—Nothing in 

14 this section precludes an entity that purchases poul15 try carcasses and parts thereof or other poultry 

16 products inspected at any establishment under the 

17 authority of this Act and found to be not adulter18 ated from performing, or causing to be performed at 

19 the expense of the entity, a further examination of 

20 the products to ensure that the products remain un21 adulterated. 

22 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION AGAINST INTERFERENCE

23 WITH PURCHASER EXAMINATION.—A person, firm, 

24 or corporation otherwise subject to this Act may not 

25 prohibit (via contract or any other means) an entity 


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1 described in paragraph (1) from performing, or 

2 causing to be performed, a further examination of 

3 poultry carcasses and parts thereof or other poultry 

4 products authorized by such paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—Any person, firm, or cor6 poration who violates paragraph (2) shall be fined 

7 not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 

8 three years, or both.’’. 

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