Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2776 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2776 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act''. SEC. 2. ENSURING THE SAFETY OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD. (a) In General.--Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 810. SAFETY OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD. ``(a) Requirement of Equivalence.-- ``(1) Standards for exporting country.--No seafood may be imported into the United States from a foreign country unless the Secretary certifies that the seafood imported from such country is maintained through a program using reliable analytical methods to ensure compliance with the United States standards for seafood manufacturing, processing, and holding. ``(2) Inspection of exporting facilities.--In accordance with the procedures described under section 704, officers and employees duly designated by the Secretary shall conduct not less than 1 inspection on an annual basis of each foreign facility that exports seafood to the United States to ensure that each such foreign facility maintains a program using reliable analytical methods to ensure compliance with the United States standards for seafood manufacturing, processing, and holding. In additi