3.0.0 3108 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z 2023-09-16T16:27:11Z Senate S 2016-06-29 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-29T16:13:11Z Food Date Labeling Act of 2016 114 5298 HR 2016-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Food Date Labeling Act of 2016 114 2947 S 2016-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2016-06-29 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2016-06-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2016-06-29 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-06-29 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-06-29 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-06-29 True Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural education Agricultural equipment and machinery Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Alternative and renewable resources Charitable contributions Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Department of Agriculture Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Federal preemption Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Fruit and vegetables Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Horticulture and plants Meat Public contracts and procurement Retail and wholesale trades Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Solid waste and recycling Teaching, teachers, curricula Technology assessment Agriculture and Food 00 2016-06-29 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-16T20:42:35Z Food Recovery Act of 2016

This bill provides funding and establishes requirements to reduce food waste and standardize date labeling on food.

The bill expands and establishes grant and loan programs to:

  • raise awareness about wasted food and food recovery efforts to reduce the quantity of wasted food,
  • improve cooperation between agricultural producers and emergency feeding organizations,
  • assist schools in using food from farms that would otherwise go to waste and providing farms with compostable materials, and
  • install facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy.

The bill provides funds for: (1) state storage and distribution costs under the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and (2) media campaigns to decrease food waste.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish an Office of Food Recovery to coordinate programs to measure and reduce food waste.

The bill specifies that composting is eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs.

Companies that receive federal food service contracts must donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people.

Food Date Labeling Act of 2016

Producers, manufacturers, distributors, or retailers that place a date label on food packaging of a product must use the phrases "best if used by" to indicate food quality and the phrase "expires on" to warn of food that may be unsafe to eat after a specified date.

Labelers may include a quality date on packaging, but must include a safety date on ready-to-eat products.

No one may prohibit the sale, donation, or use of a product after the quality date for the product has passed.

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