text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Meat and Poultry Products 
  Traceability and Safety Act of 2003''.
  
  SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
  
      (a) Livestock.--Title I of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
  U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
  
  ``SEC. 25. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND MEAT PRODUCTS.
  
      ``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term 
  `traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and 
  location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or 
  registered identification.
      ``(b) Requirements.--
              ``(1) In general.--Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and horses, 
          mules, and other equines presented for slaughter for human food 
          purposes, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat 
          and meat food products of those animals, shipped in interstate 
          commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the 
          Secretary to trace--
                      ``(A) each animal to any premises or other location 
                  at which the animal was held at any time before 
                  slaughter; and
                      ``(B) each carcass or part of a carcass and meat 
                  and meat food product of such animals forward from 
                  slaughter through processing and distribution to the 
                  ultimate consumer.
              ``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a 
          traceability system for all stages of production, processing, 
          and distribution of meat and meat food products that are 
          produced through the slaughter of animals described in 
          paragraph (1).
      ``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may 
  prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment 
  inspected under this Act of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses, 
  mules, or other equines not identified as prescribed by the Secretary 
  under subsection (b).
      ``(d) Records.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each 
          person, firm, and corporation required to identify livestock 
          pursuant to subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as 
          prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and 
          identification of the livestock.
              ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described 
          in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a 
          duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the 
          representative to access to each place of business of the 
          person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records 
          described in paragraph (1).
              ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation 
          described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to 
          be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as 
          the Secretary prescribes.
      ``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall 
  falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or 
  to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any 
  cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or 
  carcasses thereof, were held.
      ``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or 
  corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter, 
  detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification 
  prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at 
  which were held any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or 
  other equines, or the carcasses thereof.''.
      (b) Poultry.--The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by 
  inserting after section 23 (21 U.S.C. 467e) the following:
  
  ``SEC. 23A. TRACEABILITY OF POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.
  
      ``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term 
  `traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and 
  location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or 
  registered identification.
      ``(b) Requirements.--
              ``(1) In general.--Poultry presented for slaughter for 
          human food purposes and poultry products shipped in interstate 
          commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the 
          Secretary to trace--
                      ``(A) each animal to any premises or other location 
                  at which the animal was held at any time before 
                  slaughter; and
                      ``(B) each poultry product forward from slaughter 
                  through processing and distribution to the ultimate 
                  consumer.
              ``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a 
          traceability system for all stages of production, processing, 
          and distribution of poultry and poultry food products that are 
          produced through the slaughter of animals described in 
          paragraph (1).
      ``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may 
  prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment 
  inspected under this Act of any poultry not identified as prescribed by 
  the Secretary.
      ``(d) Records.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each 
          person, firm, and corporation required to identify poultry 
          pursuant to subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as 
          prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and 
          identification of the poultry.
              ``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described 
          in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a 
          duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the 
          representative to access to each place of business of the 
          person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records 
          described in paragraph (1).
              ``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation 
          described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to 
          be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as 
          the Secretary prescribes.
      ``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall 
  falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or 
  to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any 
  poultry, or carcasses thereof, were held.
      ``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or 
  corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter, 
  detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification 
  prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at 
  which were held any poultry or the carcasses thereof.''.
target: Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer.
  
  Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified.
  
  Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.
feat_title: To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for other purposes.