ISSUE 1062 VOLUNTARY LABELING LEGISLATION INTRODUCED FOR
MEAT House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, Chairman Bob Goodlatte
(R-Va.) and Congressman Marion Berry (D-Ark.) introduced legislation
Wednesday (May 4) enacting voluntary country of origin labeling
for meat products sold in American supermarkets. The language does not include fruits and vegetables.
Mandatory labeling for those commodities is still slated to go
into effect September 30, 2006. H.R. 2068, a bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat and for other purposes, now goes to the House Agriculture Committee.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP
LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS WITH VICTORIES FOR FLORIDA GROWERS VOLUNTARY LABELING LEGISLATION INTRODUCED FOR MEAT FARMWORKER HOUSING FUNDS CUT FROM HURRICANE HOUSING APPROPRIATIONS PESTICIDE-RESISTANT WHITEFLY COULD POSE THREAT FLORIDA AGENCY FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION TO CONDUCT WAGE SURVEY
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