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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 270 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve protections for meatpacking workers, and for other purposes. · Sec. 203

Sec. 203. Restoration of mandatory country of origin labeling for beef and pork; inclusion of dairy products

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Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1638 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (1),
(2)through (5), (6), and
(7)as paragraphs (2),
(4)through (7), (9), and (10), respectively; by inserting before paragraph
(2)(as so redesignated) the following: The term beef means meat produced from cattle (including veal). ; in paragraph
(2)(as so redesignated)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by striking lamb and inserting beef, lamb, pork, ; in clause (ii), by striking ground lamb and inserting ground beef, ground lamb, ground pork, ; in clause (x), by striking and at the end; in clause (xi), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: dairy products. ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting (other than clause
(xii)of that subparagraph) after subparagraph
(A); by inserting after paragraph
(2)(as so redesignated) the following: The term dairy product means— fluid milk; cheese, including cottage cheese and cream cheese; yogurt; ice cream; butter; and any other dairy product. ; and by inserting after paragraph
(7)(as so redesignated) the following: The term pork means meat produced from hogs. . Section 282(a) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1638a(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A retailer of a covered commodity that is a dairy product shall designate the origin of the covered commodity as— each country in which or from which the 1 or more dairy ingredients or dairy components of the covered commodity were produced, originated, or sourced; and each country in which the covered commodity was processed. With respect to a covered commodity that is a dairy product produced exclusively in the United States, designation by a retailer of the State, region, or locality of the United States where the covered commodity was produced shall be sufficient to identify the United States as the country of origin. .
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