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7 U.S.C. § 1638c — Regulations

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7 U.S.C. § 1638c — Regulations

**(a) Guidelines** Not later than September 30, 2002, the Secretary shall issue guidelines for the voluntary country of origin labeling of covered commodities based on the requirements of [section 1638a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1638a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Regulations** Not later than September 30, 2004, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this subchapter. **(c) Partnerships with States** In promulgating the regulations, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, enter into partnerships with States with enforcement infrastructure to assist in the administration of this subchapter.

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7 U.S.C. § 1638a — Notice of country of origin

**(a) In general** (1) **Requirement** — Except as provided in subsection (b), a retailer of a covered commodity shall inform consumers, at the final point of sale of the covered commodity to consumers, of the country of origin of the covered commodity. (2) **Designation of country of origin for lamb, chicken, goat, and venison meat** (A) *United States country of origin* — A retailer of a covered commodity that is lamb, chicken, goat, or venison meat may designate the covered commodity as exclusively having a United States country of origin only if the covered commodity is derived from an animal that was— (i) exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States; (ii) born and raised in Alaska or Hawaii and transported for a period of not more than 60 days through Canada to the United States and slaughtered in the United States; or (iii) present in the United States on or before July 15, 2008, and once present in the United States, remained continuously in the United States. (B) *Multiple countries of origin* (i) *In general* — A retailer of a covered commodity that is lamb, chicken, goat, or venison meat that is derived from an animal that is— (I) not exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States, (II) born, raised, or slaughtered in the United States, and (III) not imported into the United States for immediate slaughter, may designate the country of origin of such covered commodity as all of the countries in which the animal may have been born, raised, or slaughtered. (ii) *Relation to general requirement* — Nothing in this subparagraph alters the mandatory requirement to inform consumers of the country of origin of covered commodities under paragraph (1). (C) *Imported for immedia

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7 U.S.C. § 1638c — Regulations

Page 945 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1638d 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘retailer or person’’. Subsec. (f)(2)(B) to (E). Pub. L. 114–113, § 759(b)(2), re- designated subpars. (D) and (E) as (B) and (C), respec- tively, and struck out former subpars. (B) and (C), which read as follows: ‘‘(B) the voluntary country of origin beef labeling system carried out under this Act; ‘‘(C) voluntary programs established to certify cer- tain premium beef cuts;’’. 2014—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 113–79, § 12104(b)(2)(A), substituted ‘‘goat, and venison’’ for ‘‘and goat’’ in heading. Subsec. (a)(2)(A), (B)(i), (C), (D). Pub. L. 113–79, § 12104(b)(2)(B), substituted ‘‘goat, or venison’’ for ‘‘or goat’’. Subsec. (a)(2)(E). Pub. L. 113–79, § 12104(b)(2)(C), sub- stituted ‘‘goat, and venison’’ for ‘‘and goat’’ in heading and ‘‘ground goat, or ground venison’’ for ‘‘or ground goat’’ wherever appearing in text. 2008—Subsec. (a)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 110–246, § 11002(2)(A), added pars. (2) to (4) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which related to designation of United States as country of origin for beef, lamb, pork, fish, perishable agricultural commodities, and peanuts, and require- ment that notice of country of origin for fish shall dis- tinguish between wild and farm-raised fish. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–246, § 11002(2)(B), added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amend- ment, text read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary may require that any person that prepares, stores, handles, or dis- tributes a covered commodity for retail sale maintain a verifiable recordkeeping audit trail that will permit the Secretary to verify compliance with this sub- chapter (including the regulations promulgated under section 1638c(b) of this title).’’ 2002—Subsec. (a

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