This bill proposes to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to significantly modify the requirements for labeling beef and beef products as "Product of U.S.A." or any substantially similar phrase. The primary goal is to ensure that consumers can trust the origin of beef bearing this label, linking it directly to domestic production processes. Specifically, the legislation mandates that for a meat food product of cattle to carry the "Product of U.S.A." label, the cattle must have been exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States . This strict definition aims to prevent the labeling of imported beef as American-made if it only underwent processing in the U.S. An important exception is made for beef products intended and offered for export to foreign countries, to which these new labeling requirements would not apply.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Agriculture and Food
U.S.A. Beef Act
USA119th CongressS-2233| Senate
| Updated: 7/9/2025
This bill proposes to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to significantly modify the requirements for labeling beef and beef products as "Product of U.S.A." or any substantially similar phrase. The primary goal is to ensure that consumers can trust the origin of beef bearing this label, linking it directly to domestic production processes. Specifically, the legislation mandates that for a meat food product of cattle to carry the "Product of U.S.A." label, the cattle must have been exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States . This strict definition aims to prevent the labeling of imported beef as American-made if it only underwent processing in the U.S. An important exception is made for beef products intended and offered for export to foreign countries, to which these new labeling requirements would not apply.