Missouri legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Missouri HCR9: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING
Status: Introduced, April 8, 2025
Urges the United States Congress to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
FIRST REGULAR SESSION HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ELLIOTT. 1988H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk WHEREAS, American farmers and ranchers raise the best meat in the world; and WHEREAS, Americans should have the right to knowingly buy made-in-America products; and WHEREAS, American farmers, ranchers, workers, and consumers benefit from transparency on the origins of their food; and WHEREAS, consumers have repeatedly and overwhelmingly expressed their support for country-of-origin labeling of food products in the United States; and WHEREAS, in 2008, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed mandatory country-of-origin labeling for muscle cuts and ground meat sold at retail, requiring meat produced from imported livestock or imported boxed meat to bear a different label from meat produced from United States born, raised, and slaughtered livestock; and WHEREAS, trade groups and the organizations representing multinational meat packers worked predominantly with Canada, as well as Mexico, to bring a World Trade Organization case against the United States for the removal of the country-of-origin labeling requirements; and WHEREAS, in 2015, the United States Congress repealed the country-of-origin labeling law for beef and pork, reducing the competitive advantage of products born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States; and WHEREAS, the United States has the highest food safety standards in the world, while other countries place less emphasis on food safety; and HCR 9 …
Sponsors
- Elliott, Keith (R, 153) · primary sponsor
- Durnell, Lisa (R, 154)
Latest actions
- : HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
- : HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- : Executive Session Completed (H)
- : Public Hearing Completed (H)
- : Referred: Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Votes
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) (April 8, 2025): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HCR9?
- HCR9 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2025 Regular Session): COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.
- What does HCR9 do?
- Urges the United States Congress to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling
- What is the status of HCR9?
- Introduced as of April 8, 2025. Latest action: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) (April 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored HCR9?
- Elliott, Keith (R, 153), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HCR9?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HCR9&year=2025&code=R
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