A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the threat to food safety and animal health posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-480
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-02-16
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a working group to (1) evaluate the food safety and animal health threat posed by beef imported from Brazil, and (2) make recommendations regarding whether or not the importation of beef from Brazil should be permitted. The bill also suspends imports of beef from Brazil until the working group submits its recommendations to USDA. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 480 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 16, 2023 Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Rounds , and Mr. Luján ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the threat to food safety and animal health posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.

1. Working group on beef imported from Brazil (a) Establishment of working group (1) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a working group— (A) to evaluate the threat posed by beef and beef products imported from Brazil to food safety and animal health in the United States; and (B) to make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to whether the importation of beef and beef products from Brazil into the United States should be permitted. (2) Membership The Secretary shall ensure that the working group established under paragraph (1) includes— (A) experts on food safety; (B) experts on animal health; and (C) representatives of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other Federal agencies with responsibilities relating to international trade. (b) Temporary suspension of imports Beef and beef products imported from Brazil may not enter the United States during the period— (1) beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) ending on the date on which the working group established under subsection (a)(1) submits to the Secretary the recommendations required by subparagraph (B) of that subsection.