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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7130 
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspec-
tion Act to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions in choos-
ing between meat and poultry products and imitation meat and imitation 
poultry products, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2024 
Mr. ALFORD (for himself, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. DAVIS of North Caro-
lina, and Mr. JACKSON of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
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 poul-
try products, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Accurate In-
gredient Representation on Labels Act of 2024’’ or the 
‘‘FAIR Labels Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to prevent food from being 
introduced or delivered into interstate commerce using a 
market name for meat or poultry products if the food does 
not meet the criterion set forth for meat products under 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
or poultry products under the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. LABELING OF IMITATION MEAT AND POULTRY 
PRODUCTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IMITATION MEAT.—Section 1 of the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(x) IMITATION MEAT.—The term ‘imitation meat’ 
means any food that— 
‘‘(1) uses a market name, descriptors, or ico-
nography for, or is otherwise represented as, meat or 
meat food product, but does not contain meat, meat 
food product, or meat byproduct ingredients; 
‘‘(2) is manufactured to appear as a meat or 
meat food product, but does not contain meat, meat 
food product, or meat byproduct ingredients; or 
‘‘(3) approximates the aesthetic qualities (pri-
marily texture, flavor, and appearance) or chemical 
characteristics of specific types of meat or meat food 
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product, but does not contain any meat, meat food 
product, or meat byproduct ingredients.’’. 
(2) POULTRY.—Section 4 of the Poultry Prod-
ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(cc) IMITATION POULTRY.—The term ‘imitation 
poultry’ means any food that— 
‘‘(1) uses a market name, descriptors, or ico-
nography for, or is otherwise represented as, poultry 
or poultry product, but does not contain any poultry 
or poultry product; 
‘‘(2) is manufactured to appear as poultry or 
poultry product, but does not contain any poultry or 
poultry product; or 
‘‘(3) that approximates the aesthetic qualities 
(primarily texture, flavor, and appearance) or the 
chemical characteristics of specific types of poultry 
or poultry product, but does not contain any poultry 
or poultry product.’’. 
(b) LABELING.— 
(1) MEAT.—Section 7 of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) IMITATION MEAT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No imitation meat product 
shall be sold or offered for sale in commerce by any 
person, firm, or corporation without clearly indi-
cating in a prominent and conspicuous manner— 
‘‘(A)(i) the word ‘imitation’, in type of uni-
form size and prominence, immediately adjacent 
to the name of the food on the label; or 
‘‘(ii) a statement that the imitation meat is 
derived from sources other than meat, in type 
of uniform size and prominence, immediately 
adjacent to the name of the food on the label; 
and 
‘‘(B) a disclaimer that clearly indicates 
that the imitation meat product is not derived 
from, or does not contain, meat, on the label. 
‘‘(2) NO EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may not 
provide for any exceptions to the requirements under 
paragraph (1).’’. 
(2) POULTRY.—Section 8 of the Poultry Prod-
ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 457) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) IMITATION POULTRY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No imitation poultry shall 
be sold or offered for sale in commerce by any per-
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son, firm, or corporation without clearly indicating 
in a prominent and conspicuous manner— 
‘‘(A)(i) the word ‘imitation’, in type of uni-
form size and prominence, immediately adjacent 
to the name of the food on the label; or 
‘‘(ii) a statement that the imitation poultry 
product is derived from sources other than 
poultry, in type of uniform size and promi-
nence, immediately adjacent to the name of the 
food on the label; and 
‘‘(B) a disclaimer that clearly indicates 
that the imitation poultry product is not derived 
from, or does not contain, poultry, on the label. 
‘‘(2) NO EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may not 
provide for any exceptions to the requirements under 
paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 4. CELL-CULTURED MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) MEAT.—Section 1 of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601) (as amended by sec-
tion 3(a)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (j), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘any product’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
product, including a cell-cultured meat prod-
uct,’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(y) CELL-CULTURED MEAT PRODUCT.—The term 
‘cell-cultured meat product’ means any product capable of 
use as human food that— 
‘‘(1) is made wholly or in part from any cell 
culture or the DNA of an amenable species; and 
‘‘(2) is grown or cultivated outside of the live 
animal from which the cell culture or DNA was ac-
quired.’’. 
(2) POULTRY.—Section 4 of the Poultry Prod-
ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453) (as amended by 
section 3(a)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘any 
product’’ and inserting ‘‘any product, including 
a cell-cultured poultry product,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(dd) CELL-CULTURED POULTRY PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘cell-cultured poultry product’ means any product ca-
pable of use as human food that— 
‘‘(1) is made wholly or in part from any cell 
culture or the DNA of a live bird; and 
‘‘(2) is grown or cultivated outside of the live 
bird from which the cell culture or DNA was ac-
quired.’’. 
(b) LABELING.— 
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(1) MEAT.—Section 7 of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 607) (as amended by sec-
tion 3(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(h) CELL-CULTURED MEAT PRODUCTS.—No cell- 
cultured meat product shall be sold or offered for sale in 
commerce by any person, firm, or corporation without 
clearly indicating in a prominent and conspicuous manner 
the words ‘cell-cultured’ or ‘lab-grown’, in type of uniform 
size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name 
of the food on the label.’’. 
(2) POULTRY.—Section 8 of the Poultry Prod-
ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 457) (as amended by 
section 3(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(f) CELL-CULTURED
POULTRY
PRODUCTS.—No 
cell-cultured poultry product shall be sold or offered for 
sale in commerce by any person, firm, or corporation with-
out clearly indicating in a prominent and conspicuous 
manner the words ‘cell-cultured’ or ‘lab-grown’, in type of 
uniform size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the 
name of the food on the label.’’. 
(c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section or the amend-
ments made by this section prevents the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, with respect to activities 
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under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, from— 
(1) conducting premarket consultation proc-
esses to evaluate production materials and processes 
and manufacturing controls, including oversight of 
tissue collection, cell lines and banks, and all compo-
nents and inputs; 
(2) overseeing initial cell collection and the de-
velopment and maintenance of qualified cell banks; 
(3) overseeing proliferation and differentiation 
of cells up to the time of harvest; 
(4) ensuring that the appropriate entities com-
ply with applicable requirements of the Food and 
Drug Administration, including facility registration, 
the current good manufacturing practices and pre-
ventive controls regulation, and requirements appli-
cable to substances that become a component of food 
or otherwise affect the characteristics of food; 
(5) developing additional requirements for cell 
bank and cell culturing facility conditions and proc-
esses to ensure that biological material exiting the 
culture process is safe; or 
(6) conducting appropriate inspections and fol-
low-up activities, including taking enforcement ac-
tion if necessary, to ensure that cell bank and cell 
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culturing facilities are in compliance with applicable 
laws (including regulations). 
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