Senator Marshall’s legislation would require beef sold in the United States to carry clear labeling identifying where the animal was born, raised, slaughtered, and processed
Require beef sold in the United States to carry clear labels identifying where the animal was born, raised, slaughtered, and processed.
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Senator Marshall is working to give producers the tools and certainty they need to rebuild the herd, including expanded grazing access, better risk management, transparent beef labeling
Evidence
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Marshall's office said he introduced the Beef Labeling Clarity Act and described it as legislation that would require beef sold in the United States to carry labels identifying where the animal was born, raised, slaughtered, and processed. The release says he introduced the bill in November 2025 and had also pressed USDA on clearer beef-origin labeling.
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USDA FSIS finalized a rule for voluntary U.S.-origin claims: establishments do not have to include these claims, but if they use Product of USA or Made in the USA claims, the product must come from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States. The compliance date was January 1, 2026.
Assessments
The promised mandatory country-of-origin style labeling for all beef sold in the United States has not been enacted or implemented. Marshall introduced the Beef Labeling Clarity Act in November 2025, which would require labels identifying where cattle were born, raised, slaughtered, and processed, but the bill remained introduced/referred rather than passed. USDA did implement a narrower voluntary rule for products using U.S.-origin claims, effective January 1, 2026, requiring those claims to match born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States. That is meaningful partial progress on labeling clarity but not the promised universal requirement.