A bill to require that meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be subjected to certain tests and that such meat or products be identified as having been imported; and to require that the cost of conducting the inspection and labeling of imported meat and meat food products be borne by the importers of such articles.

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Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that: (1) meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be identified as imported; (2) such products be inspected in a manner prescribed by the Federal Meat Inspection Act in the country of origin before importation to the United States; (3) all imported live cattle be tested for brucellosis; (4) the Secretary of Agriculture conduct a study of the importation of live cattle into the United States; and (5) the importers of such meat and meat food products bear the costs of examination, inspection, and labeling.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 August 1977

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