article does not exhibit or contain, or is not oth-
erwise accompanied by, a statement in English 
that—
(i) states that the covered article con-
tains animal-derived material; 
(ii) states the common English name 
of the animal from which the material in 
the article is derived; and 
(iii) if the animal from which the ma-
terial in the covered article is derived is a 
ruminant—
(I) identifies the country of ori-
gin of the ruminant; and 
(II) states whether specified risk 
material from the ruminant is or may 
be part of the covered article; or 
(B) in the case of a covered article that 
does not contain animal-derived material, if the 
covered article does not exhibit or contain, or is 
not otherwise accompanied by, a statement in 
English that states that the covered article does 
not contain animal-derived material. 
(2) PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION.—It shall be 
unlawful for any person to import a covered article 
described in section 2(2)(A) if the article contains
animal-derived material from a ruminant that was in 
any country at a time at which there was a risk of 
transmission of BSE in the country, as determined 
by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall promulgate 
regulations that establish standards for compliance with 
this section, including—
(1) the manner of disclosure that shall be con-
sidered to be in compliance with this subsection; 
(2) any manner of disclosure that shall be con-
sidered not to be in compliance with this subsection; 
and 
(3) definitions of the terms ‘‘animal-derived ma-
terial’’, ‘‘country of origin’’, and other terms used 
but not defined in this section. 
(c) INTERIM GUIDANCE.—Until the date on which 
final regulations promulgated under subsection (b) become 
effective, the Secretary shall provide guidance and advice 
on general applicability of, and compliance with, this sec-
tion. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT.—For the purposes of admin-
istering the customs laws of the United States, the re-
quirement to comply with subsection (a)(1) shall be treat-
ed as a requirement to mark an article under section 304 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304). 
SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF FOOD AND ANIMAL FEED SUP-
PLIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 
(a) COVERED ARTICLES.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2)(B), it shall be unlawful for any person to 
introduce into interstate or foreign commerce a cov-
ered article if the covered article contains—
(A)(i) specified risk material from a rumi-
nant; or 
(ii) any material from a ruminant that was 
in any foreign country at a time at which there 
was a risk of transmission of BSE in the coun-
try, as determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture; or 
(B) any material from a ruminant exhib-
iting signs of a neurological disease. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—
(A) SECRETARY
OF
AGRICULTURE.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in con-
sultation with the Secretary, shall promulgate 
regulations that establish standards for compli-
ance with this subsection, including—
(i) requirements for the disposal of 
dead and nonambulatory ruminants on a 
farm or ranch so that the prion disease, if 
present in the animals, will not be recycled 
or expose other animals; 
(ii) requirements for the registration 
with the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice of all renderers and all persons that en-
gage in the business of buying, selling, or 
transporting—
(I) dead, dying, disabled, or dis-
eased livestock; or 
(II) parts of the carcasses of live-
stock that die other than by slaughter; 
(iii) requirements for the handling, 
transportation, and disposal of dead, 
dying, disabled, and diseased livestock that 
are condemned on ante-mortem or post-
mortem inspection in accordance with any 
policy that is developed for the disposal of 
dead or nonambulatory ruminants on the 
farm; 
(iv) a prohibition on the use of pneu-
matic stunning devices to immobilize 
ruminants during slaughter;
(v) a requirement that slaughter-
houses institute best practices to prevent 
contamination of material intended for 
human consumption with specified risk 
material; and 
(vi) a prohibition on relabeling for 
human use any ruminant meat product 
that has been shown to include extraneous 
neurological tissue. 
(B) SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, shall promulgate regulations that es-
tablish standards for compliance with this sub-
section, including a prohibition on the use of 
salvaged pet food and poultry litter in feed in-
tended for food producing ruminants. 
(C) INTERIM GUIDANCE.—Until the date 
on which final regulations promulgated under 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) become effective, 
the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary, 
as appropriate, shall provide guidance and ad-
vice on general applicability of, and compliance 
with, this subsection. 
(b) RUMINANT FEED.—
‘‘(d) RECORDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 
that a producer required to identify livestock under 
the program maintain records, as prescribed by the 
Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and identi-
fication of livestock for such period of time as the 
Secretary prescribes. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—A producer shall, at all reason-
able times, on notice by an authorized representative 
of the Secretary, allow the representative access to 
examine and copy the records described in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITIONS.—It shall be unlawful for a pro-
ducer to—
‘‘(1) falsify or misrepresent to any other person 
or to the Secretary any information relating to any 
premises at which any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, 
horses, mules, or other equines, or carcasses thereof, 
are held; or 
‘‘(2) alter, detach, or destroy any records or 
other means of identification prescribed by the Sec-
retary for use in determining the premises at which 
any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or 
other equines, or the carcasses thereof are held.’’