Sec. 2. Country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken
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Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1638 ) is amended— by striking paragraphs
(1)and (7); by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), and
(9)as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and in paragraph (1)(A) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— by striking clause
(i)and inserting the following: muscle cuts of lamb and venison; ; by striking clause
(ii)and inserting the following: ground lamb and ground venison; ; in clause (vi), by striking and at the end; by striking clause (viii); and by redesignating clauses (ix), (x), and
(xi)as clauses (viii), (ix), and (x), respectively. Section 282 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1638a ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by striking subsection
(b)and inserting subsections
(b)and
(c); and in paragraph (2)— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting beef, lamb, pork, chicken, ; lamb, in subparagraphs
(A)through (D), by striking beef, lamb, pork, chicken, each place it appears and inserting lamb, ; and in subparagraph (E)— in the subparagraph heading, by striking and inserting Ground beef, pork, lamb, chicken, ; and Ground lamb, by striking ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb, ground chicken, each place it appears and inserting ground lamb, ; by redesignating subsections
(c)through
(f)as subsections
(d)through (g), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(b)the following: In this subsection, the term packer has the meaning given the term in section 201 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 ( 7 U.S.C. 191 ). As determined by the Secretary, a packer of beef, pork, or chicken may voluntarily designate any raw single-ingredient beef, pork, or chicken intended for retail sale as exclusively having a United States country of origin only if the beef, pork, or chicken meets the requirements of clause (i), (ii), or
(iii)of subsection (a)(2)(A). The Secretary shall ensure compliance with paragraph
(2)in the same manner as the Secretary ensures compliance with subsection (a)(2)(A). Except as provided in subparagraph (B), nothing in this paragraph affects any other Federal marketing or regulatory program or similar State initiative. No Federal agency, State, or political establishment of a State may establish or enforce a statute or administrative action that provides for the labeling of any beef, pork, or chicken intended for retail sale as exclusively having a United States country of origin in a manner that is less stringent than, or otherwise inconsistent with, the requirements of paragraph
(2)and subsection (a)(2)(A). ; and in paragraph
(2)of subsection
(g)(as redesignated by paragraph (2))— by striking subparagraphs
(B)and (C); and by redesignating subparagraphs
(D)and
(E)as subparagraphs
(B)and (C), respectively.
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Country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken
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