[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7130 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7130

   To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions in 
   choosing between meat and poultry products and imitation meat and 
          imitation poultry products, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2024

  Mr. Alford (for himself, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Davis of North 
 Carolina, and Mr. Jackson of Illinois) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions in 
   choosing between meat and poultry products and imitation meat and 
          imitation poultry products, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Accurate Ingredient 
Representation on Labels Act of 2024'' or the ``FAIR Labels Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to prevent food from being introduced or 
delivered into interstate commerce using a market name for meat or 
poultry products if the food does not meet the criterion set forth for 
meat products under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.) or poultry products under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 451 et seq.).

SEC. 3. LABELING OF IMITATION MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Imitation meat.--Section 1 of the Federal Meat 
        Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following:
    ``(x) Imitation Meat.--The term `imitation meat' means any food 
that--
            ``(1) uses a market name, descriptors, or iconography for, 
        or is otherwise represented as, meat or meat food product, but 
        does not contain meat, meat food product, or meat byproduct 
        ingredients;
            ``(2) is manufactured to appear as a meat or meat food 
        product, but does not contain meat, meat food product, or meat 
        byproduct ingredients; or
            ``(3) approximates the aesthetic qualities (primarily 
        texture, flavor, and appearance) or chemical characteristics of 
        specific types of meat or meat food product, but does not 
        contain any meat, meat food product, or meat byproduct 
        ingredients.''.
            (2) Poultry.--Section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
        Act (21 U.S.C. 453) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
    ``(cc) Imitation Poultry.--The term `imitation poultry' means any 
food that--
            ``(1) uses a market name, descriptors, or iconography for, 
        or is otherwise represented as, poultry or poultry product, but 
        does not contain any poultry or poultry product;
            ``(2) is manufactured to appear as poultry or poultry 
        product, but does not contain any poultry or poultry product; 
        or
            ``(3) that approximates the aesthetic qualities (primarily 
        texture, flavor, and appearance) or the chemical 
        characteristics of specific types of poultry or poultry 
        product, but does not contain any poultry or poultry 
        product.''.
    (b) Labeling.--
            (1) Meat.--Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
        U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Imitation Meat.--
            ``(1) In general.--No imitation meat product shall be sold 
        or offered for sale in commerce by any person, firm, or 
        corporation without clearly indicating in a prominent and 
        conspicuous manner--
                    ``(A)(i) the word `imitation', in type of uniform 
                size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name 
                of the food on the label; or
                    ``(ii) a statement that the imitation meat is 
                derived from sources other than meat, in type of 
                uniform size and prominence, immediately adjacent to 
                the name of the food on the label; and
                    ``(B) a disclaimer that clearly indicates that the 
                imitation meat product is not derived from, or does not 
                contain, meat, on the label.
            ``(2) No exceptions.--The Secretary may not provide for any 
        exceptions to the requirements under paragraph (1).''.
            (2) Poultry.--Section 8 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
        Act (21 U.S.C. 457) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
    ``(e) Imitation Poultry.--
            ``(1) In general.--No imitation poultry shall be sold or 
        offered for sale in commerce by any person, firm, or 
        corporation without clearly indicating in a prominent and 
        conspicuous manner--
                    ``(A)(i) the word `imitation', in type of uniform 
                size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name 
                of the food on the label; or
                    ``(ii) a statement that the imitation poultry 
                product is derived from sources other than poultry, in 
                type of uniform size and prominence, immediately 
                adjacent to the name of the food on the label; and
                    ``(B) a disclaimer that clearly indicates that the 
                imitation poultry product is not derived from, or does 
                not contain, poultry, on the label.
            ``(2) No exceptions.--The Secretary may not provide for any 
        exceptions to the requirements under paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 4. CELL-CULTURED MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Meat.--Section 1 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
        U.S.C. 601) (as amended by section 3(a)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (j), in the first sentence, by 
                striking ``any product'' and inserting ``any product, 
                including a cell-cultured meat product,''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(y) Cell-Cultured Meat Product.--The term `cell-cultured meat 
product' means any product capable of use as human food that--
            ``(1) is made wholly or in part from any cell culture or 
        the DNA of an amenable species; and
            ``(2) is grown or cultivated outside of the live animal 
        from which the cell culture or DNA was acquired.''.
            (2) Poultry.--Section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
        Act (21 U.S.C. 453) (as amended by section 3(a)(2)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (f), by striking ``any product'' 
                and inserting ``any product, including a cell-cultured 
                poultry product,''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(dd) Cell-Cultured Poultry Product.--The term `cell-cultured 
poultry product' means any product capable of use as human food that--
            ``(1) is made wholly or in part from any cell culture or 
        the DNA of a live bird; and
            ``(2) is grown or cultivated outside of the live bird from 
        which the cell culture or DNA was acquired.''.
    (b) Labeling.--
            (1) Meat.--Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
        U.S.C. 607) (as amended by section 3(b)(1)) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Cell-Cultured Meat Products.--No cell-cultured meat product 
shall be sold or offered for sale in commerce by any person, firm, or 
corporation without clearly indicating in a prominent and conspicuous 
manner the words `cell-cultured' or `lab-grown', in type of uniform 
size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name of the food on 
the label.''.
            (2) Poultry.--Section 8 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
        Act (21 U.S.C. 457) (as amended by section 3(b)(2)) is amended 
        by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Cell-Cultured Poultry Products.--No cell-cultured poultry 
product shall be sold or offered for sale in commerce by any person, 
firm, or corporation without clearly indicating in a prominent and 
conspicuous manner the words `cell-cultured' or `lab-grown', in type of 
uniform size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name of the 
food on the label.''.
    (c) Effect.--Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this 
section prevents the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with 
respect to activities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, from--
            (1) conducting premarket consultation processes to evaluate 
        production materials and processes and manufacturing controls, 
        including oversight of tissue collection, cell lines and banks, 
        and all components and inputs;
            (2) overseeing initial cell collection and the development 
        and maintenance of qualified cell banks;
            (3) overseeing proliferation and differentiation of cells 
        up to the time of harvest;
            (4) ensuring that the appropriate entities comply with 
        applicable requirements of the Food and Drug Administration, 
        including facility registration, the current good manufacturing 
        practices and preventive controls regulation, and requirements 
        applicable to substances that become a component of food or 
        otherwise affect the characteristics of food;
            (5) developing additional requirements for cell bank and 
        cell culturing facility conditions and processes to ensure that 
        biological material exiting the culture process is safe; or
            (6) conducting appropriate inspections and follow-up 
        activities, including taking enforcement action if necessary, 
        to ensure that cell bank and cell culturing facilities are in 
        compliance with applicable laws (including regulations).
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