S. 667 — Safer Shrimp Imports Act

This section amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) regarding imported shrimp as follows: (1) directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, not later than 180 days after enactment, to seek arrangements with governments of countries having registered foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold shrimp for U.S. consumption to verify equivalence of their shrimp inspection systems to the FDA's (i.e., uniform enforcement staffing and regulation of raising and transport conditions to processing); (2) requires refusal of admission, beginning one year after enactment, for shrimp from countries lacking such arrangements or equivalent systems; (3) deems such shrimp adulterated under FFDCA section 402 (new subsection (j)); and (4) requires the Secretary to submit implementation reports to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, beginning one year after enactment and annually thereafter. (Thus, non-compliant shrimp is subject to FDA import refusal, detention, or seizure.)