Departmental report on S. 2846. Departmental request for enactment of S. 2932__ Amendments to S. 2932 proposed by Senator Montoya.. H.R. 16363, 90th Congress- Staff explanation of H.R. 16363 and S. 2932. Title I, S. 3383, 90th Congress_ Letter, dated July 1, 1968, from Miss Betty Furness, Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs_. Article on meat inspection from the Nation's Business, May 1968. Survey to determine Salmonella contamination rate in livestock and Department of Agriculture press releases on Salmonella infection_. Article on isolation of Salmonella from poultry from the New England 52 102 103 219 WHOLESOME POULTRY PRODUCTS ACT MONDAY, JULY 1, 1968 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND GENERAL LEGISLATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 324, Old Senate Office Building, Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina presiding. Present: Senator Jordan of North Carolina. Senator JORDAN. The subcommittee will please come to order. The subcommittee is conducting hearings today on H.R. 16363, S. 2932, S. 2846, and title I of S. 3383, all of which amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to provide for inspection of poultry which does not move across a State line. H.R. 16363 and S. 2932 follow the pattern set by the Wholesome Meat Act last year. Assistance would be furnished to State programs, or if State programs at least equal to the Federal program were not developed, Federal inspection would be extended to the States. S. 2846 would extend Federal inspection to all poultry without regard to State programs. Title I of S. 3383 would extend Federal inspection to all poultry, subject to subsequent exemption of any States which developed programs at least equal to the Federal program. H.R. 16363, S. 2932, and S. 3383 revise the Poultry Products Inspection Act in many other respects. Copies of H.R. 16363, S. 2932, S. 2846, title I of S. 3383, a staff explanation of them, the departmental report on S. 2846, the letter from the Department of Agriculture recommending introduction of S. 2932, and two amendments intended to be proposed by Senator Montoya to S. 2932 will be inserted in the record at this point. (The documents referred to follow :) (1) S. 2846 [90th Cong., 2d Sess.] A BILL To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act so as to provide for the Federal inspection of all poultry and poultry products intended for human consumption. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the Poultry Products Inspec4 tion Act Amendments of 1968. 5 SEC. 2. The Poultry Products Inspection Act (71 Stat. 6 441; 21 U.S.C. 451-469) is amended as follows: 7 (1) Section 2 is amended by striking out the last sen 8 tence of the first paragraph and all of the second paragraph 9 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That part which II 1 does not enter directly into the current of interstate or foreign 2 commerce directly burdens, obstructs, or affects that part 3 which does enter directly into the current of interstate or 4 foreign commerce. Poultry and poultry products which do 5 enter into the channels of interstate or foreign commerce can6 not be effectively inspected and regulated without also in7 specting and regulating poultry and poultry products which 8 do not. In order to protect interstate commerce in poultry and 9 poultry products inspected for wholesomeness, from being 10 adversely burdened, obstructed, or affected by uninspected 11 poultry and poultry products processed and distributed 12 wholly within any State, it is necessary to inspect under this 13 Act all poultry and poultry products intended for human 14 consumption." 15 16 17 18 (2) Section 3 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to provide for the inspection of poultry and poultry products by the inspection service as herein provided in 19 order to prevent poultry or poultry products which are 20 unwholesome, adulterated, or otherwise unfit for human food 21 from moving in or adversely burdening, obstructing, or affect 22 ing interstate or foreign commerce." 233 (3) Section 5 is hereby repealed. (4) Section 6 (a) is amended to read as follows: "(a) In order to prevent any poultry or poultry product 3 1 which is unwholesome or adulterated from entering into or 2 from adversely burdening, obstructing, or affecting com3 merce, the Secretary shall, where and to the extent con4 sidered by him necessary, cause to be made by inspectors 5 ante mortem inspection of poultry in any official establish6 ment which processes poultry or poultry products for human 7 consumption." 8 (5) Section 6 (b) is amended by striking out "proc9 essing such poultry or poultry products for commerce or in, 10 or for marketing in a designated city or area" and inserting 11 in lieu thereof "which processes such poultry or poultry 12 products for human consumption”. 13 14 (6) Section 7 (a) is amended to read as follows: "(a) In order to prevent unwholesome or adulterated 15 poultry products from entering into, moving in, or adversely 16 burdening, obstructing, or affecting commerce, each official 17 establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry 18 products for human consumption shall have such premises, 19 facilities, and equipment, and be operated in accordance with 20 such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations pro21 mulgated by the Secretary." 22 23 (7) Section 9 (a) is amended by striking out "in commerce or in a designated major consuming area of any 24 poultry product," and inserting in lieu thereof "of any 25 poultry product intended for human consumption,”. |