[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2095 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2095

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require country of 
               origin labeling for processed food items.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2007

   Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require country of 
               origin labeling for processed food items.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR PROCESSED FOOD ITEMS.

    (a) Definition of Covered Commodity.--Section 281(2) of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (2) by striking ``Covered commodity.--'' and all that 
        follows through ``The term'' in subparagraph (A) and inserting 
        ``Covered commodity.--The term'';
            (3) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (F), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (4) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``and'' at the end;
            (5) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) a processed food item.''.
    (b) United States Country of Origin.--Section 282(a)(2) of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) in the case of a processed food item, is 
                exclusively manufactured in the United States.''.
    (c) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate such 
regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made this 
section.
    (d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to the retail sale of a processed food item beginning on the date that 
is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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