A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
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To President
Became law
Apr 15, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 15, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
This bill prohibits the sale of food that contains water buffalo and is labeled as buffalo unless the specific term used in the labeling is water buffalo.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1168: A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1168/
"S. 1168: A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1168/.
S. 1168, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1168/.
[S. 1168: A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1168/)