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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3693 

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions in choosing between meat and poultry products and imitation meat and imitation 

poultry products, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 30, 2024 

Mr. MARSHALL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry 

Products Inspection Act to ensure that consumers can 

make informed decisions in choosing between meat and 

poultry products and imitation meat and imitation poultry products, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Accurate In5 gredient Representation on Labels Act of 2024’’ or the 

6 ‘‘FAIR Labels Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to prevent food from being 

3 introduced or delivered into interstate commerce using a 

4 market name for meat or poultry products if the food does 

5 not meet the criterion set forth for meat products under 

6 the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 

7 or poultry products under the Poultry Products Inspection 

8 Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). 

9 SEC. 3. LABELING OF IMITATION MEAT AND POULTRY 

10 PRODUCTS. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

12 (1) IMITATION MEAT.—Section 1 of the Federal 

13 Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(x) IMITATION MEAT.—The term ‘imitation meat’ 

16 means any food that— 

17 ‘‘(1) uses a market name, descriptors, or ico18 nography for, or is otherwise represented as, meat or 

19 meat food product, but does not contain meat, meat 

20 food product, or meat byproduct ingredients; 

21 ‘‘(2) is manufactured to appear as a meat or 

22 meat food product, but does not contain meat, meat 

23 food product, or meat byproduct ingredients; or 

24 ‘‘(3) approximates the aesthetic qualities (pri25 marily texture, flavor, and appearance) or chemical 

26 characteristics of specific types of meat or meat food 


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1 product, but does not contain any meat, meat food 

2 product, or meat byproduct ingredients.’’. 

3 (2) POULTRY.—Section 4 of the Poultry Prod4 ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(cc) IMITATION POULTRY.—The term ‘imitation 

7 poultry’ means any food that— 

8 ‘‘(1) uses a market name, descriptors, or ico9 nography for, or is otherwise represented as, poultry 

10 or poultry product, but does not contain any poultry 

11 or poultry product; 

12 ‘‘(2) is manufactured to appear as poultry or 

13 poultry product, but does not contain any poultry or 

14 poultry product; or 

15 ‘‘(3) that approximates the aesthetic qualities 

16 (primarily texture, flavor, and appearance) or the 

17 chemical characteristics of specific types of poultry 

18 or poultry product, but does not contain any poultry 

19 or poultry product.’’. 

20 (b) LABELING.— 

21 (1) MEAT.—Section 7 of the Federal Meat In22 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding 

23 at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(g) IMITATION MEAT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No imitation meat product 

2 shall be sold or offered for sale in commerce by any 

3 person, firm, or corporation without clearly indi4 cating in a prominent and conspicuous manner— 

5 ‘‘(A)(i) the word ‘imitation’, in type of uni6 form size and prominence, immediately adjacent 

7 to the name of the food on the label; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) a statement that the imitation meat is 

9 derived from sources other than meat, in type 

10 of uniform size and prominence, immediately 

11 adjacent to the name of the food on the label; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) a disclaimer that clearly indicates 

14 that the imitation meat product is not derived 

15 from, or does not contain, meat, on the label. 

16 ‘‘(2) NO EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may not 

17 provide for any exceptions to the requirements under 

18 paragraph (1).’’. 

19 (2) POULTRY.—Section 8 of the Poultry Prod20 ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 457) is amended by 

21 adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(e) IMITATION POULTRY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No imitation poultry shall 

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1 son, firm, or corporation without clearly indicating 

2 in a prominent and conspicuous manner— 

3 ‘‘(A)(i) the word ‘imitation’, in type of uni4 form size and prominence, immediately adjacent 

5 to the name of the food on the label; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) a statement that the imitation poultry 

7 product is derived from sources other than 

8 poultry, in type of uniform size and promi9 nence, immediately adjacent to the name of the 

10 food on the label; and 

11 ‘‘(B) a disclaimer that clearly indicates 

12 that the imitation poultry product is not derived 

13 from, or does not contain, poultry, on the label. 

14 ‘‘(2) NO EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may not 

15 provide for any exceptions to the requirements under 

16 paragraph (1).’’. 

17 SEC. 4. CELL-CULTURED MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

19 (1) MEAT.—Section 1 of the Federal Meat In20 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601) (as amended by sec21 tion 3(a)(1)) is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (j), in the first sentence, 

23 by striking ‘‘any product’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

24 product, including a cell-cultured meat prod25 uct,’’; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(y) CELL-CULTURED MEAT PRODUCT.—The term 

3 ‘cell-cultured meat product’ means any product capable of 

4 use as human food that— 

5 ‘‘(1) is made wholly or in part from any cell 

6 culture or the DNA of an amenable species; and 

7 ‘‘(2) is grown or cultivated outside of the live 

8 animal from which the cell culture or DNA was ac9 quired.’’. 

10 (2) POULTRY.—Section 4 of the Poultry Prod11 ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453) (as amended by 

12 section 3(a)(2)) is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘any 

14 product’’ and inserting ‘‘any product, including 

15 a cell-cultured poultry product,’’; and 

16 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(dd) CELL-CULTURED POULTRY PRODUCT.—The 

18 term ‘cell-cultured poultry product’ means any product ca19 pable of use as human food that— 

20 ‘‘(1) is made wholly or in part from any cell 

21 culture or the DNA of a live bird; and 

22 ‘‘(2) is grown or cultivated outside of the live 

23 bird from which the cell culture or DNA was ac24 quired.’’. 

25 (b) LABELING.— 


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1 (1) MEAT.—Section 7 of the Federal Meat In2 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 607) (as amended by sec3 tion 3(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(h) CELL-CULTURED MEAT PRODUCTS.—No cell6 cultured meat product shall be sold or offered for sale in 

7 commerce by any person, firm, or corporation without 

8 clearly indicating in a prominent and conspicuous manner 

9 the words ‘cell-cultured’ or ‘lab-grown’, in type of uniform 

10 size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name 

11 of the food on the label.’’. 

12 (2) POULTRY.—Section 8 of the Poultry Prod13 ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 457) (as amended by 

14 section 3(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(f) CELL-CULTURED POULTRY PRODUCTS.—No 

17 cell-cultured poultry product shall be sold or offered for 

18 sale in commerce by any person, firm, or corporation with19 out clearly indicating in a prominent and conspicuous 

20 manner the words ‘cell-cultured’ or ‘lab-grown’, in type of 

21 uniform size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the 

22 name of the food on the label.’’. 

23 (c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section or the amend24 ments made by this section prevents the Secretary of 

25 Health and Human Services, with respect to activities 


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1 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health and 

2 Human Services, from— 

3 (1) conducting premarket consultation proc4 esses to evaluate production materials and processes 

5 and manufacturing controls, including oversight of 

6 tissue collection, cell lines and banks, and all compo7 nents and inputs; 

8 (2) overseeing initial cell collection and the de9 velopment and maintenance of qualified cell banks; 

10 (3) overseeing proliferation and differentiation 

11 of cells up to the time of harvest; 

12 (4) ensuring that the appropriate entities com13 ply with applicable requirements of the Food and 

14 Drug Administration, including facility registration, 

15 the current good manufacturing practices and pre16 ventive controls regulation, and requirements appli17 cable to substances that become a component of food 

18 or otherwise affect the characteristics of food; 

19 (5) developing additional requirements for cell 

20 bank and cell culturing facility conditions and proc21 esses to ensure that biological material exiting the 

22 culture process is safe; or 

23 (6) conducting appropriate inspections and fol24 low-up activities, including taking enforcement ac25 tion if necessary, to ensure that cell bank and cell 


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1 culturing facilities are in compliance with applicable 

2 laws (including regulations). 

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