3.0.0 2352 2019-11-15T21:18:34Z 2019-11-15T21:18:34Z House H HR 2005-05-12 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-23T15:36:01Z Referred to 2005-05-12T14:02:00Z 2005-05-23 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E968-969) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 N Agriculture and Food Commerce Consumer education Dietary supplements Drugs Health Health education Labeling Medicinal plants Nutrition Preventive medicine Agriculture and Food 00 2005-05-12 Introduced in House 2005-07-08T20:48:07Z Consumers' Access to Health Information Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if the label of the food characterizes the curative, mitigation, treatment, or prevention effect of any nutrient on any disease or health-related condition unless the claim is made in accordance with specified regulations. (Currently, a label that characterizes the relationship of any nutrient to a disease or health-related condition is deemed to be misbranded.)

Provides that a claim or a truthful and not misleading statement on the label or in the labeling of a food or dietary supplement shall not cause the food or dietary supplement to be a drug.

]]> Consumers' Access to Health Information Act Short Titles as Introduced Consumers' Access to Health Information Act Display Title Consumers' Access to Health Information Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that health claims for foods and dietary supplements include accurate statements of the curative, mitigation, treatment, and prevention effects of nutrients on disease or health-related conditions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2352ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2352ih.xml 2005-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.