U.S. Beef Integrity Act

Bill: 116-s-2744
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-10-30
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural trade

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Livestock

Meat
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>U.S. Beef Integrity Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies label requirements for meat food products of cattle.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill prohibits the label of cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle from bearing the phrase <i>Product of U.S.A.</i> unless such meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from one or more cattle born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.</p> <p>The requirement does not apply to cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2744 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 30, 2019 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Thune ) 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 to modify requirements for a meat food product of cattle to bear a Product of U.S.A. label, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S. Beef Integrity Act . 2. Product of U.S.A. label for beef Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 607 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Product of the United States label for beef (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the label of meat of cattle or a meat food product of cattle may bear the phrase Product of U.S.A. , or any substantially similar word or phrase, only if the meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from 1 or more cattle exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States. (2) Inapplicability Paragraph (1) shall not apply to meat of cattle or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country. .