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HR 2833 104th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Fruit and fruit trade Imports Labeling Vegetables and vegetable trade

To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to require that perishable agricultural products be labeled or marked as to their country of origin.

Introduced: December 22, 1995 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Jan 2, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
Dec 22, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 22, 1995
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to: (1) require all retail domestic and imported perishable agricultural commodities to have country of origin labeling; and (2) impose penalties for labeling noncompliance.

What's happening now January 2, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.

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