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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3601 

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by enhancing 

the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, 

and location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping 

and audit system or registered identification, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2006 

Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry 

Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat 

and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the 

Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and 

location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Meat and Poultry 

5 Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY. 

2 (a) LIVESTOCK.—Title I of the Federal Meat Inspec3 tion Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 25. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND MEAT 

6 PRODUCTS. 

7 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF TRACEABILITY.—In this sec8 tion, the term ‘traceability’ means the ability to retrieve 

9 the history, use, and location of an article through a rec10 ordkeeping and audit system or registered identification. 

11 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amenable species presented 

13 for slaughter for human food purposes, and the car14 casses or parts of carcasses and the meat and meat 

15 food products of those species, shipped in interstate 

16 commerce shall be identified in a manner that en17 ables the Secretary to trace— 

18 ‘‘(A) each animal or group of animals of 

19 the amenable species (as determined by the Sec20 retary to be appropriate for each amenable spe21 cies) to any premises or other location at which 

22 the animal was held at any time before slaugh23 ter; and 

24 ‘‘(B) each carcass or part of a carcass and 

25 meat and meat food product of the amenable 

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1 essing and distribution to the ultimate con2 sumer. 

3 ‘‘(2) TRACEABILITY SYSTEM.—The Secretary 

4 shall establish a traceability system for all stages of 

5 production, processing, and distribution of meat and 

6 meat food products that are produced through the 

7 slaughter of amenable species described in para8 graph (1). 

9 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OR RESTRICTION ON ENTRY.— 

10 The Secretary may prohibit or restrict entry into any 

11 slaughtering establishment inspected under this Act of any 

12 amenable species not identified as prescribed by the Sec13 retary under subsection (b). 

14 ‘‘(d) RECORDS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 

16 that each person, firm, and corporation required to 

17 identify an amenable species under subsection (b) 

18 maintain accurate records, as prescribed by the Sec19 retary, regarding the purchase, sale, and identifica20 tion of the amenable species. 

21 ‘‘(2) ACCESS.—Each person, firm, and corpora22 tion described in paragraph (1) shall, at all reason23 able times, on notice by a duly authorized represent24 ative of the Secretary, allow the representative to ac25 cess to each place of business of the person, firm, or 


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1 corporation to examine and copy the records de2 scribed in paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(3) DURATION.—Each person, firm, and cor4 poration described in paragraph (1) shall maintain 

5 records required to be maintained under this sub6 section for such period of time as the Secretary pre7 scribes. 

8 ‘‘(e) FALSE INFORMATION.—No person, firm, or cor9 poration shall falsify or misrepresent to any other person, 

10 firm, or corporation, or to the Secretary, any information 

11 as to any premises at which any amenable species or car12 casses of amenable species were held. 

13 ‘‘(f) ALTERATION OR DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.— 

14 No person, firm, or corporation shall, without authoriza15 tion from the Secretary, alter, detach, or destroy any 

16 records or other means of identification prescribed by the 

17 Secretary for use in determining the premises at which 

18 any amenable species or carcasses of amenable species 

19 were held. 

20 ‘‘(g) RELATION TO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABEL21 ING.—Nothing in this section prevents or interferes with 

22 implementation of the country of origin labeling require23 ments of subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

24 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.).’’. 


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1 (b) POULTRY.—The Poultry Products Inspection Act 

2 is amended by inserting after section 23 (21 U.S.C. 467e) 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 23A. TRACEABILITY OF POULTRY AND POULTRY 

5 PRODUCTS. 

6 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF TRACEABILITY.—In this sec7 tion, the term ‘traceability’ means the ability to retrieve 

8 the history, use, and location of an article through a rec9 ordkeeping and audit system or registered identification. 

10 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Poultry presented for 

12 slaughter for human food purposes and poultry 

13 products shipped in interstate commerce shall be 

14 identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to 

15 trace— 

16 ‘‘(A) each poultry or group of poultry (as 

17 determined by the Secretary to be appropriate) 

18 to any premises or other location at which the 

19 poultry was held at any time before slaughter; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) each poultry product forward from 

22 slaughter through processing and distribution 

23 to the ultimate consumer. 

24 ‘‘(2) TRACEABILITY SYSTEM.—The Secretary 

25 shall establish a traceability system for all stages of 


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1 production, processing, and distribution of poultry 

2 and poultry food products that are produced through 

3 the slaughter of poultry described in paragraph (1). 

4 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OR RESTRICTION ON ENTRY.— 

5 The Secretary may prohibit or restrict entry into any 

6 slaughtering establishment inspected under this Act of any 

7 poultry not identified as prescribed by the Secretary. 

8 ‘‘(d) RECORDS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 

10 that each person, firm, and corporation required to 

11 identify poultry under subsection (b) maintain accu12 rate records, as prescribed by the Secretary, regard13 ing the purchase, sale, and identification of the poul14 try. 

15 ‘‘(2) ACCESS.—Each person, firm, and corpora16 tion described in paragraph (1) shall, at all reason17 able times, on notice by a duly authorized represent18 ative of the Secretary, allow the representative to ac19 cess to each place of business of the person, firm, or 

20 corporation to examine and copy the records de21 scribed in paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(3) DURATION.—Each person, firm, and cor23 poration described in paragraph (1) shall maintain 

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1 section for such period of time as the Secretary pre2 scribes. 

3 ‘‘(e) FALSE INFORMATION.—No person, firm, or cor4 poration shall falsify or misrepresent to any other person, 

5 firm, or corporation, or to the Secretary, any information 

6 as to any premises at which any poultry or carcasses of 

7 poultry were held. 

8 ‘‘(f) ALTERATION OR DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.— 

9 No person, firm, or corporation shall, without authoriza10 tion from the Secretary, alter, detach, or destroy any 

11 records or other means of identification prescribed by the 

12 Secretary for use in determining the premises at which 

13 any poultry or carcasses of poultry were held. 

14 ‘‘(g) RELATION TO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABEL15 ING.—Nothing in this section prevents or interferes with 

16 implementation of the country of origin labeling require17 ments of subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

18 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.).’’. 

19 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Meat Inspection Act 

21 (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, goats, 

23 horses, mules, or other equines’’ each place it ap24 pears and inserting ‘‘amenable species’’; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, or goats’’ 

2 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘amenable spe3 cies’’; 

4 (3) by striking ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, and goats’’ 

5 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘amenable spe6 cies’’; 

7 (4) by striking ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or 

8 equines’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘ame9 nable species’’; 

10 (5) by striking ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or 

11 equine’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘ame12 nable species’’; and 

13 (6) by striking ‘‘cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or 

14 other equine’’ each place it appears and inserting 

15 ‘‘amenable species’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 subsection (a) shall take effect on the day after the effec18 tive date of section 794 of the Agriculture, Rural Develop19 ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen20 cies Appropriations Act, 2006. 

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