3.0.0 3574 2020-02-10T17:00:04Z 2020-02-10T17:00:04Z Senate S S 2012-09-19 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-09-19T21:57:11Z Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012 112 6174 HR 2012-07-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2012-09-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-09-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2012-09-19 True B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2012-09-19 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2012-09-19 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2012-09-19 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2012-09-19 True J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2012-09-19 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2012-09-19 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2012-09-19 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2012-09-21 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-11-13 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2012-11-27 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2012-11-30 False Health Consumer affairs Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Nutrition and diet Health 00 2012-09-19 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-20T15:08:22Z Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. Requires the nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board to include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole product; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per the common unit division of the product, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer. Permits such information to be provided by a remote-access menu, such as through the internet, for food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off-premises at the time the order is placed.

Defines “reasonable basis” for a restaurant or similar food establishment’s nutrient content disclosures to mean that the nutrient disclosure is within acceptable allowances for variation in nutrient content, which shall include allowances for variations in serving size, inadvertent human error in formulation of menu items, and variations in ingredients.

Sets forth the methods a restaurant or similar food establishment may use to determine nutritional content for disclosure, including ranges, averages, individual labeling of flavors or components, or labeling of one preset standard build. Defines "preset standard build" as the finished version of a menu item most commonly ordered by consumers.

Applies the nutritional disclosure requirements to retail food establishments that derive more than 50% of their total revenue from the sale of food.

]]> Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012 Display Title Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines. Introduced in Senate 2012-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3574is/xml/BILLS-112s3574is.xml 2012-09-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.