Truth in Buffalo Labeling Act

Bill: 116-hr-5818
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2020-02-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Meat
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Truth in Buffalo Labeling Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the sale of food that contains water buffalo and is labeled as <em>buffalo</em> unless the specific term used in the labeling is <em>water buffalo</em>.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5818 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2020 Mr. Perlmutter (for himself and Mr. Long ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Truth in Buffalo Labeling Act . 2. Common or usual name for North American bison Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 343 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (z) (1) Subject to subparagraph (2), if it is a food that is or contains any animal in the genus Bubalus and the labeling uses the term buffalo as a common or usual name for the food, unless the term used in the labeling of that food is water buffalo . (2) Subparagraph (1) shall not be construed as prohibiting the use of the term buffalo as a common or usual name for the animal Bison bison bison (commonly known as the plains bison), or the animal Bison bison athabascae (commonly known as the wood bison). .