H.R. 5462: To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that the slaughter date, package date, freeze date, and country of origin be labeled on meat and poultry products.

H.R. 5462: To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that the slaughter date, package date, freeze date, and country of origin be labeled on meat and poultry products.

118th Congress · introduced 2023-09-14 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-09-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that the slaughter date, package date, freeze date, and country of origin be labeled on meat and poultry products.

Plain summary

This bill requires that meat and poultry labels include the slaughter date, package date, freeze date (for frozen products), and country of origin or U.S. state of origin. Specifically, a meat or poultry product that fails to include this information on the label shall be deemed misbranded. (A misbranded food does not meet certain Department of Agriculture labeling requirements and may not be sold.)

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Official text

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that the slaughter date, package date, freeze date, and country of origin be labeled on meat and poultry products.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3] · 0 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr5462.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr5462 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118