REAL Butter Act
Sponsored By: Representative Wied, Tony [R-WI-8]
Introduced
Summary
Clear labeling for lab-created butter. This bill would require any product marketed as butter that contains milkfat synthesized through non‑agricultural processes to carry the label "lab-created butter" or "contains lab-created butter" immediately before the product name, and it uses the 1923 federal standard of identity for butter to determine which products qualify.
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- Consumers: Shoppers would see explicit "lab-created butter" wording on packaging so they can identify products with synthesized milkfat.
- Producers: Manufacturers marketing synthesized milkfat as butter would need to update labels to include the required wording.
- Definitions and regulators: The bill defines "synthesized butter product" as marketed as butter but made with non‑agricultural milkfat and not meeting the 1923 butter standard, which triggers the labeling requirement.
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New labels for lab-created butter
If enacted, this bill would require clear labeling for butter products that use milkfat made by non‑agricultural synthesis. Labels would have to show immediately before the product name the exact words "lab-created butter" for synthesized butter products, or "contains lab-created butter" for foods that include such butter. The bill defines a "synthesized butter product" as a product marketed as butter that uses milkfat made through non‑agricultural processes and that does not meet the 1923 statutory standard of identity for butter. Manufacturers, packagers, distributors, and retailers would need to put these exact labels on packaging.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Wied, Tony [R-WI-8]
WI • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/22/2026
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Sponsored 6/22/2026
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
NY • R
Sponsored 6/22/2026
Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]
TN • R
Sponsored 6/22/2026
Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
AZ • R
Sponsored 6/22/2026
Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
WI • R
Sponsored 6/22/2026
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
WI • R
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
IL • R
Sponsored 6/29/2026
Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]
OH • R
Sponsored 6/30/2026
Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
WI • R
Sponsored 7/22/2026
Roll Call Votes
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