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1		-	ORIGINAL SENATE ENGROSSED
2		-	FILE NO. SF0084
3		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 51, SENATE
4		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
5		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
6		-	1
7		-	AN ACT relating to food labeling; authorizing country of
8		-	origin labeling for beef that is a product of the United
9		-	States of America; authorizing labeling for beef that is a
10		-	product of the state of Wyoming; providing definitions;
11		-	making conforming amendments; and providing for an
12		-	effective date.
13		-	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
14		-	Section 1. W.S. 35-7-111(a)(xiii)(A) and
15		-	35-7-119(e)(ii), by creating new paragraphs (iii) through
16		-	(v) and by amending and renumbering (iii) as (vi) are
17		-	amended to read:
18		-	35-7-111. Prohibited acts.
19		-	(a) No person shall:
20		-	(xiii) Include the term "meat" or any synonymous
21		-	term for meat or a specific animal species in labeling,
22		-	advertising or other sales promotion unless the product:
23		-	(A) Is consistent with the definition of
24		-	meat in W.S. 35-7-119(e)(iii)(A) 35-7-119(e)(vi)(A); and
25		-	35-7-119. Fair packaging and labeling provisions.
26		-	(e) The department shall promulgate rules with
27		-	respect to labeling. Every retailer and every wholesaler
28		-	who sells or offers for sale in this state through an
29		-	establishment or otherwise any:
30		-	(ii) Cell cultured or plant based products not
31		-	consistent with the definition of meat in subparagraph
32		-	(iii)(A) of this subsection and not derived from ORIGINAL SENATE ENGROSSED
33		-	FILE NO. SF0084
34		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 51, SENATE
35		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
36		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
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38		-	harvested livestock, poultry, wildlife or exotic livestock
39		-	as those terms are defined in W.S. 11-26-101(a),
40		-	11-32-101(a)(iv), 23-1-101(a)(xiii) and 23-1-102(a)(xvi),
41		-	shall clearly label cell cultured products as "containing
42		-	cell cultured product" and clearly label plant based
43		-	products as "vegetarian", "veggie", "vegan", "plant based"
44		-	or other similar term indicating that the product is plant
45		-	based;
46		-	(iii) Only beef that is derived from cattle
47		-	born, raised, slaughtered and processed in the United
48		-	States may clearly be labeled as a product of the United
49		-	States of America;
50		-	(iv) Only beef that is derived from cattle born
51		-	and raised in the state of Wyoming may clearly be labeled
52		-	as a product of Wyoming;
53		-	(v) Beef that is of undeterminable origin or
54		-	that has not been born, raised, slaughtered and processed
55		-	in the United States of America shall not be labeled as a
56		-	product of the United States of America;
57		-	(iii)(vi) As used in this subsection:
58		-	(A) "Meat" means the edible part of the
59		-	muscle of animals, which is skeletal or which is found in
60		-	the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart or in the
61		-	esophagus, with or without the accompanying or overlying
62		-	fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve and blood
63		-	vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and
64		-	which are not separated from it in the process of dressing,
65		-	but shall not include the muscle found in the lips, snout ORIGINAL SENATE ENGROSSED
66		-	FILE NO. SF0084
67		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 51, SENATE
68		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
69		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
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	2	+	STATE OF WYOMING
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	4	+	ENGROSSED
	5	+	1SF0084
	6	+	SENATE FILE NO. SF0084
	7	+	Country of origin label-USA beef.
	8	+	Sponsored by: Senator(s) Steinmetz, Boner, Ide and Pearson
	9	+	and Representative(s) Allemand, Banks,
	10	+	Ottman, Strock and Winter
	11	+	A BILL
	12	+	for
	13	+	1 AN ACT relating to food labeling; requiring country of
	14	+	2 origin labeling for beef that is a product of a United
	15	+	3 States of America; providing definitions; making conforming
	16	+	4 amendments; and providing for an effective date.
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	21	+	9 35-7-119(e)(ii), by creating a new paragraph (iii) and by
	22	+	10 amending and renumbering (iii) as (iv) are amended to read:
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	26	+	14 (a) No person shall:
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	28	+	ENGROSSED
	29	+	2SF00841 (xiii) Include the term "meat" or any synonymous
	30	+	2 term for meat or a specific animal species in labeling,
	31	+	3 advertising or other sales promotion unless the product:
	32	+	4
	33	+	5 (A) Is consistent with the definition of
	34	+	6 meat in W.S. 35-7-119(e)(iii)(A) 35-7-119(e)(iv)(A); and
	35	+	7
	36	+	8
	37	+	9
	38	+	10 (e) The department shall promulgate rules with
	39	+	11 respect to labeling. Every retailer and every wholesaler
	40	+	12 who sells or offers for sale in this state through an
	41	+	13 establishment or otherwise any:
	42	+	14
	43	+	15 (ii) Cell cultured or plant based products not
	44	+	16 consistent with the definition of meat in subparagraph
	45	+	17 of this subsection and not derived from
	46	+	18 harvested livestock, poultry, wildlife or exotic livestock
	47	+	19 as those terms are defined in W.S. 11-26-101(a),
	48	+	20 11-32-101(a)(iv), 23-1-101(a)(xiii) and 23-1-102(a)(xvi),
	49	+	21 shall clearly label cell cultured products as "containing
	50	+	22 cell cultured product" and clearly label plant based
	51	+	23 products as "vegetarian", "veggie", "vegan", "plant based" 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0541
	52	+	ENGROSSED
	53	+	3SF0084
	54	+	1 or other similar term indicating that the product is plant
	55	+	2 based;
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71		-	or ears, nor any edible part of the muscle which has been
72		-	manufactured, cured, smoked, cooked or processed;
73		-	(B) "Retailer" means a person regularly
74		-	engaged in the business of selling meat at retail to the
75		-	public, and selling only to the user or consumer and not
76		-	for resale;
77		-	(C) "Wholesaler" means a person regularly
78		-	engaged in the business of selling meat at wholesale to
79		-	retailers for subsequent sale at retail to the public;.
80		-	(D) "Beef" means any meat from cattle,
81		-	including veal. ORIGINAL SENATE ENGROSSED
82		-	FILE NO. SF0084
83		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 51, SENATE
84		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
85		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
86		-	4Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
87		-	(END)
88		-	Speaker of the HousePresident of the SenateGovernorTIME APPROVED: _________DATE APPROVED: _________
89		-	I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.
90		-	Chief Clerk
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	69	+	16 (iv) As used in this subsection:
	70	+	17
	71	+	18 (A) "Meat" means the edible part of the
	72	+	19 muscle of animals, which is skeletal or which is found in
	73	+	20 the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart or in the
	74	+	21 esophagus, with or without the accompanying or overlying
	75	+	22 fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve and blood
	76	+	23 vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0541
	77	+	ENGROSSED
	78	+	4SF0084
	79	+	1 which are not separated from it in the process of dressing,
	80	+	2 but shall not include the muscle found in the lips, snout
	81	+	3 or ears, nor any edible part of the muscle which has been
	82	+	4 manufactured, cured, smoked, cooked or processed;
	83	+	5
	84	+	6 (B) "Retailer" means a person regularly
	85	+	7 engaged in the business of selling meat at retail to the
	86	+	8 public, and selling only to the user or consumer and not
	87	+	9 for resale;
	88	+	10
	89	+	11 (C) "Wholesaler" means a person regularly
	90	+	12 engaged in the business of selling meat at wholesale to
	91	+	13 retailers for subsequent sale at retail to the public;.
	92	+	14
	93	+	15
	94	+	16
	95	+	17
	96	+	18. This act is effective July 1, 2025
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	98	+	20 (END)