3.0.0 1484 2025-12-05T08:11:43Z 2025-12-05T08:11:43Z Senate S S 2023-05-09 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1484 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-09T20:04:59Z 118 1840 HR 2023-03-28 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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 118 1016 S 2023-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 118 3159 HR 2023-06-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Identical bill CRS 2023-05-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Health Federal preemption 2023-06-08T19:30:25Z Food supply, safety, and labeling 2023-06-08T19:30:25Z Meat 2023-06-08T19:30:25Z Health 2023-05-19T11:45:20Z

00 2023-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2024-01-11T19:41:22Z <p><b>Food Date Labeling Act of </b><b>2023</b></p> <p>This bill establishes requirements for the format of quality date and discard date labels on food packaging.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the quality date on a food label (i.e., the date after which the quality of the item may deteriorate) to include the phrase <i>BEST If Used By</i> or the abbreviation <i>BB</i>. Similarly, the discard date on a food label (i.e., the date after which the item should not be consumed) must include the phrase <i>USE By</i> or the abbreviation <i>UB</i>. Abbreviations may only be used if the full phrase does not fit on the label. </p> <p>The Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture may specify alternative phrases through regulations.</p>

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