HR 4646 · 93th Congress · Agriculture and Food

A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, to provide that meat or poultry, as the case may be, which is inspected in a facility subject to State inspection shall be eligible for distribution in commerce in the same manner as meat or poultry which is inspected in a facility subject to Federal inspection.

Introduced 1973-02-22· Sponsored by Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.(1973-02-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, that meat or poultry, as the case may be, which is inspected in a facility subject to State inspection determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be at least equal to the Federal inspection of such product, shall be eligible for distribution in commerce in the same manner as meat or poultry which is inspected in a facility subject to Federal inspection. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 661(c), 454(c))…

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