Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Apr 9, 2025
What it does
The Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen oversight of imported seafood by requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify that exporting countries maintain safety programs equivalent to U.S. standards, conduct annual inspections of foreign seafood facilities, and test at least 20% of imported seafood annually, with stricter testing for new exporters and escalating penalties for repeated failures. The bill would prohibit imports from facilities or countries that fail to meet safety standards, mandate labeling of refused shipments as “UNITED STATES: REFUSED ENTRY,” authorize destruction or detention of…
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