U.S.A. Beef Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to modify requirements for a meat food product of cattle to bear a "Product of U.S.A." label, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
U.S.A. Beef Act
This bill modifies label requirements for meat food products of cattle.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the label of cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle from bearing the phrase Product of U.S.A. unless such meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from one or more cattle born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.
The requirement does not apply to cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4973: U.S.A. Beef Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4973/
"H.R. 4973: U.S.A. Beef Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4973/.
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