[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3435 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3435

 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to revise the definition of 
    the term ``adulterated'' to include contamination with E. coli.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 27 (legislative day, May 26), 2010

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to revise the definition of 
    the term ``adulterated'' to include contamination with E. coli.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF ADULTERATED.

    Section 1(m) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(m)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) if it is contaminated with enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) 
        Shiga toxin-producing serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. 
        coli).''.
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