To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to prohibit retailers from designating the United States as the country of origin of foreign beef, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · September 26, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
This bill strengthens country of origin labeling requirements for beef sold in the United States. Under current law, retailers can label beef as American-made if it comes from cattle born, raised, slaughtered, and packaged in the U.S., but this bill clarifies that all four steps must occur exclusively in America for the "Made in USA" designation. The legislation increases penalties for mislabeling beef from $1,000 per violation to $5,000 per pound of non-compliant beef, significantly raising the cost of false labeling. The bill also requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report within six months assessing how much foreign beef was falsely labeled as American-made over the past decade and the economic losses to U.S. ranchers from this practice. The legislation is designed to protect American beef producers by cracking down on foreign beef being sold to consumers under false country of origin claims.
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