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S 3653 110th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Commerce Consumer education Dairy products Foreign Trade and International Finance Imports Labeling Milk

Dairy COOL Act of 2008

Introduced: September 29, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 29, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dairy COOL Act of 2008 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to include dairy products as a covered commodity. Defines "dairy product" as: (1) fluid milk; (2) cheese, including cottage cheese and cream cheese; (3) yogurt; (4) ice cream; (5) butter; and (6) any other dairy product.

Requires the retailer of a covered commodity that is a dairy product to designate such commodity's country of origin as each country in which: (1) one or more of the commodity's components or ingredients were produced, originated, or sourced; and (2) the commodity was processed.

Provides that with respect to a covered commodity that is a dairy product produced exclusively in the United States, retailer designation of the U.S. state, region, or locality of the commodity's production shall be sufficient to identify the United States as the country of origin.

What's happening now September 29, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1