Sec. 3. Labeling of imitation meat products

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The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by inserting after section 403C of such Act ( 21 U.S.C. 343–3 ) the following: Notwithstanding the provision of section 403(c), any imitation meat food product, beef, or beef product shall be deemed to be misbranded unless its label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word imitation immediately before or after the name of the food and a statement that clearly indicates the product is not derived from or does not contain meat.

If the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds that food is misbranded under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall within 60 days of such finding transmit a notice of such finding to the Secretary of Agriculture. If the Secretary of Health and Human Services fails, within 30 days of transmitting a notice under paragraph (1), to initiate an enforcement action, the Secretary of Agriculture may treat each such finding of misbranding under subsection

(a)of this Act as a finding of misbranding under section 1(n) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act. This section shall not be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to take enforcement or other action under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or other applicable law. In this section: The term beef or beef product means any product containing edible meat tissue harvested in whole form from domesticated Bos indicus or Bos taurus cattle. The term imitation meat food product is any product manufactured to appear as a meat food product or any food product which approximates the aesthetic qualities (primarily texture, flavor, and appearance) and/or chemical characteristics of specific types of meat but does not contain any meat, meat food product, or meat byproduct ingredients. The term meat means meat as such term is used in the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The term meat food product has the meaning given to that term in section 1 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act. .

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Labeling of imitation meat products

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