12 2 STA T . 211 3PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 onwhic h t h eS ec r et a r yd eter m ine s s uf ficient funds ha v e b een a p propriated pursuant to subsection ( c ). ( B ) CUR R ENTSY STE M . —N otwithstandin g the amend - ment made by paragraph ( 1 ) , the Secretary sha l l continue to use the information format for disseminating information under subtitle B of the A gricultural M ar k eting Act of 1 946 ( 7U .S.C. 16 2 1etse q .) in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act at least until the date that is two years after the date on which the Secretary makes the determination referred to in subparagraph (A). (b) STU D Y A ND R E PO RT.— (1) STUDY.— T he Secretary shall conduct a study on the effects of requiring packer processing plants to report to the Secretary information on wholesale pork cuts (including price and volume information), including— (A) the positive or negative economic effects on pro- ducers and consumers
and (B) the effects of a confidentiality requirement on mandatory reporting. (2) I N F ORMAT I ON.— D uring the period preceding the submis- sion of the report under paragraph ( 3 ), the Secretary may collect, and each packer processing plant shall provide, such information as is necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct the study required under paragraph (1). (3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and F orestry of the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1). (c) AUT H ORI Z ATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authori z ed to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. SEC.1 1 0 0 2 .C OUNTRY O F OR IG IN LAB ELING. Subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 163 8 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 281(2)(A)— (A) in clause (v), by striking ‘ ‘and ’ ’; (B) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following
‘‘(vii) meat produced from goats; ‘‘(viii) chicken, in whole and in part; ‘‘(i x ) ginseng; ‘‘(x) pecans; and ‘‘(xi) macadamia nuts.’’; (2) in section 282— (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) DESI G NATION OF C OUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR B EEF, L AMB, POR K , CHICKEN, AND GOAT MEAT.— ‘‘(A) UNITED STATES COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.—A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, chicken, or goat meat may designate the covered commodity as exclusively having a United States country of origin only 7USC1638a. 7 USC 1638.
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