First Regular Session

Sixty-second General Assembly

LLS NO. R99­0926.01 Julie Hoerner

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVE Mace;

also SENATOR Powers.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 99-1039

CONCERNING AMENDMENT OF THE "FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT" TO REQUIRE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.

WHEREAS, E­coli contamination has become a problem in the United States' food supply; and

WHEREAS, The country or countries in which an animal is raised before slaughter is not currently identifiable to the United States consumer and the source of the imported meat or carcass, or any part thereof, is not accompanied by country of origin labeling; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­second General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, request the United States Congress to amend the "Federal Meat Inspection Act", 21 U.S.C. 601, et seq., to require that imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat bear a label identifying the country of origin.

Be it further resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the President of the United States, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, the Director of the Federal Trade Commission, West's Trade and Transportation Committee of the Council of State Governments, and the members of Colorado's congressional delegation.