To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require an active tuberculosis screening for any individual seeking employment with meat processing facilities or poultry processing facilities, and to prohibit the hiring of any individual who is determined to have active tuberculosis.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 13, 2007
Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to: (1) require an active tuberculosis screening for any individual seeking employment with a poultry or meat processing facility; and (2) prohibit the hiring of any individual who is determined to have active tuberculosis (permits such person's future hiring if no longer determined to have active tuberculosis).
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