Sec. 704. Meat and poultry processing report
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Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on steps that can be taken to assist very small or certain small establishments to ensure that such establishments produce meat and poultry products that meet the requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq. ). Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convene a group of stakeholders to advise the Secretary on— proposed guidance on facilities requirements, process controls and pathogen prevention in very small or certain small establishments; improving the user-friendliness of information contained in meat and poultry labels; and the report required under paragraph (a).
The stakeholders group convened under paragraph
(1)shall include persons with expertise on problems that very small or certain small establishments that are processing facilities, including mobile processing facilities, may have in meeting the requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, including— small scale livestock and poultry growers; operators of small scale slaughtering and processing facilities; representatives of farming organizations whose membership includes small scale livestock and poultry producers; representatives of established consumer organizations; Federal and industry employees, including a representative of employees of the Food Safety and Inspection Service that are represented by a labor organization (as defined in section 7103(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code) and a representative of employees of the industries regulated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service that are represented by a labor organization (as defined in section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152(5) )); and representatives from appropriate Federal and State agencies, educational institutions, other non-governmental organizations, or networks or partnerships of such agencies, such institutions, and such organizations. The Secretary shall terminate the stakeholder group upon completion of the guidance and the report referred to in paragraph (1). In this section, the term certain small establishment means— with respect to an establishment that is subject to the requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), a certain small establishment as defined in section 502(c) of such Act; or with respect to an establishment that is subject to the requirements of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), a certain small establishment as defined in section 32(b) of such Act.
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