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S. 588 (94th)
A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer.
Introduced
5 February 1975
Last action
5 February 1975 · Introduced
Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Sponsors
Sen. Hansen, Clifford P. [R-WY], Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD], Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL], Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK], Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE], Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. McClellan, John L. [D-AR], Sen. McGee, Gale W. [D-WY], Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX], Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND], Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR], Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Requires, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer.
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Timeline
5 February 1975
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Source: IntroReferral
5 February 1975
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 5 February 1975
Sponsors
- Sen. Hansen, Clifford P. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. McClellan, John L. [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. McGee, Gale W. [D-WY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssaf00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/588
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/94/s/588
- us · 94-s-588 · source updated 14 January 2025