(B) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall award 
grants under this section on a first-come, first- 
served basis. 
(4) TERMINATION.—The grant program estab-
lished under this section shall terminate on Decem-
ber 1, 2013. 
SEC. 3. PROTECTION AGAINST ADULTERATED AND CON-
TAMINATED MEAT OR MEAT FOOD PROD-
UCTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that it is essential 
and in the public interest that— 
(1) the health and welfare of consumers be pro-
tected by ensuring that meat and meat food prod-
ucts distributed to consumers are wholesome and not 
adulterated or contaminated; and 
(2) Federal meat inspection programs identify 
all sources, including the slaughterhouse source, of 
original adulteration and contamination of enteric 
foodborne pathogens in meat in any case in which— 
(A) lab samples test positive for enteric 
pathogen adulteration or contamination; or 
(B) adulterated or contaminated meat is 
found in commerce, including foodborne out-
breaks. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1 of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(x) ENTERIC FOODBORNE PATHOGEN.—The term 
‘enteric foodborne pathogen’ means live bacteriological 
matter that is commonly present in the digestive systems 
of animals for slaughter, including Shiga toxin-producing 
E. coli and salmonella, the presence of which in meat food 
products may indicate unsanitary conditions at the point 
of slaughter. 
‘‘(y) ESTABLISHMENT.—The term ‘establishment’ 
means any person, firm, meat broker, renderer, or animal 
food manufacturer.’’. 
(c) PROTECTION AGAINST ADULTERATED AND CON-
TAMINATED MEAT OR MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS.—Section 
8 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 608) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 8. The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8. PROTECTION AGAINST ADULTERATED AND CON-
TAMINATED MEAT OR MEAT FOOD PROD-
UCTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or contaminated’’ after ‘‘adul-
terated’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) SAMPLING PROTOCOLS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this Act, 
the Secretary shall implement sampling protocols 
using methods and technologies to enable personnel 
of the Food Safety and Inspection Service to rapidly 
trace potential adulteration and contamination of 
meat and meat food products by enteric foodborne 
pathogens to possible preceding sources of the adul-
teration and contamination, including preparation, 
packaging, and slaughtering establishments, to de-
termine the original site source of the adulteration 
or contamination. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The sampling proto-
cols referred to in paragraph (1) shall enable 
rapid tracing to the source of contamination, 
through the— 
‘‘(i) collection of documentary evi-
dence; and 
‘‘(ii) collection and analyses of a suffi-
cient number of meat samples from the 
source lots, as identified by collection of 
documentary evidence conducted under 
clause (i), to determine the presence or ab-
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sence of the pathogen in the source lots 
and the identity of the establishment that 
was the original source of contamination at 
locations that may include—— 
‘‘(I) the establishment that tested 
the meat from the original product 
lot; 
‘‘(II) an intermediary processor 
or warehouse holding meat from the 
same original product lot; 
‘‘(III) the establishment that pro-
duced the original product lot; or 
‘‘(IV) a Federally inspected or 
retail establishment that received part 
of the original product lot. 
‘‘(B) TIMING.—The collection of documen-
tary and other relevant material to enable rapid 
tracing under subparagraph (A) shall occur at 
the time that samples of the relevant meat or 
meat food product are collected. 
‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION.—The onsite inspec-
tor and a responsible establishment representa-
tive shall certify that the documentary and 
other tracing material collected under subpara-
graph (A) is complete and accurate. 
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‘‘(3) TRACING
OF
ADULTERATED
AND
CON-
TAMINATED MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS.—If 
a meat or meat food product sample tests positive 
or is indicated to test positive for adulteration or 
contamination by enteric foodborne pathogens, the 
Secretary shall immediately conduct a trace— 
‘‘(A) to identify all sites of adulteration 
and contamination, including preparation, pack-
aging, and slaughtering establishments; and 
‘‘(B) to identify the original source of 
adulteration or contamination. 
‘‘(4) 
SUBSEQUENT
SAMPLING.—If 
a 
raw 
ground meat sample tests positive or is indicated to 
test positive for adulteration or contamination by en-
teric foodborne pathogens at a preparation, pack-
aging, or slaughtering establishment, the Secretary 
shall require subsequent sampling at the establish-
ment, and any establishments supplying that estab-
lishment, each day for a minimum of 15 consecutive 
days after the date on which the adulterated or con-
taminated sample is collected.’’. 
Æ 
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