Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-5738
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aquaculture
Commerce
Department of Commerce
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Import restrictions
Imports
International Affairs
Labeling
Laboratories
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Science, Technology, Communications
Seafood
Standards
Technical assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to establish a program to strengthen federal activities for ensuring that commercially distributed seafood meets federal food quality and safety requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement to strengthen cooperation on seafood safety, including regarding testing, inspections of foreign facilities, technical assistance of foreign facilities, establishing a distribution chain tracking system, and labeling.
 
Directs the Secretary to increase the number of laboratories certified to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards.
 
Directs the Secretary to increase the number and capacity of laboratories operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) involved in testing and other activities under this Act, as provided for in appropriations Acts.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to refuse admission of all imports of seafood or seafood products originating from a country or exporter if that Secretary determines the shipments are not likely to meet federal requirements. Allows admittance of individual shipments from that country or exporter on evidence from an inspection or a certified laboratory.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to send inspectors to an originating country or exporter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House