SAFE Act

Bill: 115-s-1706
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-08-02
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling

Mammals

Meat

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2017-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>John Stringer Rainey Memorial Safeguard American Food Exports Act or the SAFE Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem equine (horses and other members of the equidae family) parts to be an unsafe food additive or animal drug. </p> <p> The bill prohibits the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine parts for human consumption.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1706 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 2, 2017 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Graham , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Collins , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Coons ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the John Stringer Rainey Memorial Safeguard American Food Exports Act or the SAFE Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) unlike cows, pigs, and other domesticated species, horses and other members of the equidae family are not raised for the purpose of human consumption; (2) equines raised in the United States are frequently treated with substances that are not approved for use in horses intended for human consumption and equine parts are therefore unsafe within the meaning of section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (3) equines raised in the United States are frequently treated with drugs, including phenyl­bu­ta­zone, acepromazine, boldenone un­de­cy­le­nate, o­me­pra­zole, ketoprofen, xylazine, hy­a­lur­on­ic acid, nitrofurazone, polysulfated gly­co­sa­mi­no­gly­can, clen­bu­ter­ol, tolazoline, and pon­a­zur­il, which are not approved for use in horses intended for human consumption and equine parts are therefore unsafe within the meaning of section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (4) consuming parts of an equine raised in the United States likely poses a serious threat to human health and the public should be protected from these unsafe products. 3. Prohibitions Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 331 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (eee) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section— (1) equine parts shall be deemed unsafe under section 409 of this Act; (2) equine parts shall be deemed unsafe under section 512 of this Act; and (3) the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of human consumption is hereby prohibited. .