Dairy COOL Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3935
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2014-01-27
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion

Agricultural trade

Food supply, safety, and labeling
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Dairy COOL Act of 2014 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to define dairy product for country of origin purposes.</p> <p>Requires a retailer of a covered commodity that is a dairy product to designate the origin of the covered commodity as: (1) each country in which or from which the one or more dairy ingredients or dairy components of the covered commodity were produced, originated, or sourced; and (2) each country in which the covered commodity was processed. </p> <p>Declares that, with respect to a dairy product produced exclusively in the United States, designation by a retailer of the state, region, or locality of production shall be sufficient to identify the United States as the country of origin.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3935 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2014 Mr. Pocan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for country of origin labeling for dairy products.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dairy COOL Act of 2014 . 2. Country of origin labeling for dairy products (a) Definitions Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1638 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in clause (x), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (xi), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (xii) dairy products. ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting (other than clause (xii) of that subparagraph) after subparagraph (A) ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) Dairy product The term dairy product means— (A) fluid milk; (B) cheese, including cottage cheese and cream cheese; (C) yogurt; (D) ice cream; (E) butter; and (F) any other dairy product. . (b) Notice of country of origin Section 282(a) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1638a(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) Designation of country of origin for dairy products (A) In general A retailer of a covered commodity that is a dairy product shall designate the origin of the covered commodity as— (i) each country in which or from which the one or more dairy ingredients or dairy components of the covered commodity were produced, originated, or sourced; and (ii) each country in which the covered commodity was processed. (B) State, region, locality of the United States With respect to a covered commodity that is a dairy product produced exclusively in the United States, designation by a retailer of the State, region, or locality of the United States where the covered commodity was produced shall be sufficient to identify the United States as the country of origin. .