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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 667
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the
inspection of foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold
shrimp for consumption in the United States, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY20, 2025
Mrs. H
YDE-SMITHintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
provide for the inspection of foreign facilities that manu-
facture, process, pack, or hold shrimp for consumption
in the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safer Shrimp Imports 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. SHRIMP MANUFACTURED, PROCESSED, PACKED, OR 1
HELD AT OVERSEAS FACILITIES. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 807 of the Federal Food, 3
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 384c) is amended by 4
adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(c) R
EQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGNSHRIMPFACILI-6
TIES.— 7
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 8
provision of law, not later than 180 days after the 9
date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 10
shall seek to enter into arrangements and agree-11
ments under subsection (a)(1) with the foreign gov-12
ernment of each foreign country with 1 or more for-13
eign facilities registered under section 415 that man-14
ufacture, process, pack, or hold shrimp for consump-15
tion in the United States. 16
‘‘(2) R
EQUIREMENTS FOR SHRIMP .—Beginning 17
on the date that is 1 year after the date of enact-18
ment of this subsection, shrimp shall be refused ad-19
mission into the United States if it is manufactured, 20
processed, packed, or held in a foreign country— 21
‘‘(A) the government of which does not 22
enter into an arrangement or agreement with 23
the Secretary under paragraph (1); or 24
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‘‘(B) the food inspection system of which 1
does not meet the criteria described in para-2
graph (3). 3
‘‘(3) C
RITERIA.—The criteria described in this 4
paragraph with respect to a food inspection system 5
is that the food inspection system (as demonstrated 6
to the Secretary by the applicable foreign govern-7
ment) is equivalent to the food inspection system of 8
the Food and Drug Administration with respect to 9
shrimp, including by providing— 10
‘‘(A) staffing that ensures uniform enforce-11
ment of applicable laws and regulations; and 12
‘‘(B) enforcement of laws and regulations 13
that address the conditions under which shrimp 14
is raised and transported to processing estab-15
lishments. 16
‘‘(4) D
EMONSTRATION.—A foreign government 17
seeking to demonstrate that its food inspection sys-18
tem meets the criteria described in paragraph (3) 19
shall provide to the Secretary copies of all laws, reg-20
ulations, and other information pertaining to such 21
food inspection system.’’. 22
(b) A
DULTERATION.—Section 402 of the Federal 23
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342) is amend-24
ed by adding at the end the following: 25
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‘‘(j) If it is shrimp imported or offered for import 1
into the United States and the shrimp has been manufac-2
tured, processed, packed, or held in a foreign country the 3
government or food inspection system of which does not 4
comply with the applicable requirements of section 5
807(c).’’. 6
(c) R
EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 7
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 8
thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 9
shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 10
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 11
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 12
a report that describes the implementation of the amend-13
ments made by subsections (a) and (b). 14
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