Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “U.S.A. Beef Act”.
U.S.A. Beef Act
A BILL
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.
Sec. 2 Product of U.S.A. label for beef
Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(g) Product of the United States label for beef
“(1) In general—Subject to paragraph (2), the label of meat of cattle or a meat food product of cattle may bear the phrase “Product of U.S.A.”, or any substantially similar word or phrase, only if the meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from 1 or more cattle exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.
“(2) Inapplicability—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to meat of cattle or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country.”