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NO Stool in Herds’ Troughs Act

S. 4562 · 118th Congress · Jun 17, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the practice of feeding excrement to farm animals, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “NO Stool in Herds’ Troughs Act” or the “NO SHT Act”.

Sec. 2 Prohibition on intentional addition of excrement to animal food

Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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“(1) The manufacture or the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of an animal food that contains intentionally-added excrement.

“(2) For purposes of subparagraph (1), the use of livestock or poultry manure as crop fertilizer shall not be considered to be the intentional addition of excrement.”