S 2393 · 101th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
Safe Food Transportation Act of 1990
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EnactedLatest: Senate passed companion measure H.R. 3386 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote.(1990-09-20)
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Safe Food Transportation Act of 1990 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations (including standards) with respect to the transportation of food, food additives, drugs, devices, and cosmetics in motor vehicles and rail vehicles which are used to transport either municipal waste or nonfood products which, when so transported, would make the food, food additives, drugs, devices, or cosmetics unsafe to the health of humans or animals. Prohibits a person from using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a motor vehicle or rail vehicle to provide transportation of food, food additives, drugs, devices, or cosmetics if the vehicle is used to transport certain municipal waste or certain nonfood products. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of articles of municipal waste or nonfood products whose common transportation does not make such food, food additives, drugs, devices, or cosmetics unsafe to human or animal health. Prohibits a person from using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a motor or rail vehicle to provide transportation of asbestos or products which present an extreme danger to human or animal health, despite…
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1 Democrat5 Republicans