To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that the slaughter date, package date, freeze date, and country of origin be labeled on meat and poultry products.

Bill: 118-hr-5462
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-09-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Meat
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires that meat and poultry labels include the slaughter date, package date, freeze date (for frozen products), and country of origin or U.S. state of origin.&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, a meat or poultry product that fails to include this information on the label shall be deemed misbranded. (A <em>misbranded </em>food does not meet certain Department of Agriculture&nbsp;labeling requirements and may not be sold.)&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5462 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 2023 Mr. Santos 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 require that the slaughter date, package date, freeze date, and country of origin be labeled on meat and poultry products.

1. Mandatory labeling requirements for meat and poultry (a) Federal Meat Inspection Act Section 1(n) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 601(n) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (11), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (13) if it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its container, as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe— (A) the slaughter date; (B) the package date; (C) if frozen, the freeze date; (D) the country of origin; or (E) if the country of origin is the United States, the State of origin. . (b) Poultry Product Inspection Act Section 4(h) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 453(h) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (11), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (13) if it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its container, as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe— (A) the slaughter date; (B) the package date; (C) if frozen, the freeze date; (D) the country of origin; or (E) if the country of origin is the United States, the State of origin. .