A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2479 To provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BRAUN, and Ms. SMITH) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. COMMON OR USUAL NAME FOR NORTH AMER- 3 ICAN BISON. 4 Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 5 Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the 6 following: 7 ‘‘(z)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), if it is a food 8 that is or contains any animal in the genus Bubalus and 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:49 Sep 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2479.IS S2479 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2479 IS the labeling uses the term ‘buffalo’ as a common or usual 1 name for the food, unless the term used in the labeling 2 is ‘water buffalo’. 3 ‘‘(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not be construed as pro- 4 hibiting the use of the term ‘buffalo’ as a common or usual 5 name for the animal Bison bison bison (commonly known 6 as the plains bison), or the animal Bison bison athabascae 7 (commonly known as the wood bison).’’. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:49 Sep 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2479.IS S2479 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS