Bill > HB1697

This bill suspends fees collected and remitted to the Missouri Beef Industry Council until the United States Congress passes a law requiring country of origin labeling for beef products. Specifically, the bill mandates that fees normally paid to the Beef Industry Council under existing state statutes will be halted until federal legislation is enacted that requires beef labels to clearly display the phrase "Product of the U.S.A." or a similar phrase indicating that the beef was born, raised, and slaughtered exclusively in the United States. If such federal legislation is later passed and then subsequently repealed, the fee collection would again be suspended. The bill aims to incentivize mandatory country of origin labeling for beef, which would provide consumers with more transparency about the source of their beef products.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB1697&year=2026&code=R