I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 186
To amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and poultry 
inspection laws to ensure that consumers receive notification regarding 
food products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on land 
on which sewage sludge was applied. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, 
meat, and poultry inspection laws to ensure that con-
sumers receive notification regarding food products pro-
duced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on land 
on which sewage sludge was applied.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sewage Sludge in Food 
Production Consumer Notification Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO CONSUMERS OF FOOD PROD-
UCTS PRODUCED ON LAND ON WHICH SEW-
AGE SLUDGE HAS BEEN APPLIED. 
(a) ADULTERATED FOOD UNDER FEDERAL FOOD, 
DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.—Section 402 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) Effective one year after the date of the enact-
ment of the Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer 
Notification Act of 2003, if it is a food (intended for 
human consumption and offered for sale) that was pro-
duced, or contains any ingredient that was produced, on 
land on which sewage sludge was applied, unless—
‘‘(A) the application of sewage sludge to the 
land terminated more than one year before the date 
on which the production of the food or ingredient on 
the land commenced; 
‘‘(B) the food bears a label that clearly indi-
cates that the food, or an ingredient of the food, was 
produced on land on which sewage sludge was ap-
plied; or 
‘‘(C) in the case of a raw agricultural com-
modity or other food generally offered for sale with-
out labeling, a sign is posted within close proximity 
of the food to notify consumers that the food, or an
ingredient of the food, was produced on land on 
which sewage sludge was applied.’’. 
(b) ADULTERATED FOOD UNDER EGG PRODUCTS 
INSPECTION ACT.—Section 4(a) of the Egg Products In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(7); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) effective one year after the date of the en-
actment of the Sewage Sludge in Food Production 
Consumer Notification Act of 2003, if it is derived 
from poultry that were raised, or that consumed ani-
mal feed produced, on land on which sewage sludge 
was applied, unless—
‘‘(A) the application of sewage sludge to 
the land terminated more than one year before 
the date on which the poultry began to be 
raised on the land or the date on which the pro-
duction of the animal feed on the land com-
menced; or 
‘‘(B) the container bears a label that clear-
ly indicates that the egg or egg product was de-
rived from poultry that—
‘‘(i) were raised on land on which sew-
age sludge was applied; or 
‘‘(ii) consumed animal feed produced 
on land on which sewage sludge was ap-
plied.’’. 
(c) ADULTERATED FOOD UNDER FEDERAL MEAT 
INSPECTION ACT.—Section 1(m) of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(m)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(8); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) effective one year after the date of the 
enactment of the Sewage Sludge in Food Production 
Consumer Notification Act of 2003, if it is derived 
from livestock that grazed, or consumed animal feed 
produced, on land on which sewage sludge was ap-
plied, unless—
‘‘(A) the application of sewage sludge to 
the land terminated more than one year before 
the date on which the livestock began grazing 
on the land or the date on which the production 
of the animal feed on the land commenced;