H.R. 4750: Meat Contamination Prevention Act of 2010
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H.R. 4750: Meat Contamination Prevention Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-03-03 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-03-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Meat Contamination Prevention Act of 2010
Plain summary
Meat Contamination Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to permit an entity that purchases carcasses, carcass parts, meat, or meat food products that have been inspected and found to be unadulterated to perform or cause to be performed at the entity's expense a further examination to ensure that the products remain unadulterated. Prohibits a person, firm, or corporation from preventing (by contract or any other means) such further examination. Subjects a violator of such prohibition to imprisonment and/or fine. Makes similar amendments to the Poultry Products Inspection Act.
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Official text
Meat Contamination Prevention Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7] · 5 cosponsors
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Diana DeGette (D-CO), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr4750.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr4750 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111