[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 516 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 516

 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
                           labeling of milk.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

   Mr. Klug introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
                           labeling of milk.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Milk Nutrition and Labeling Act''.

SEC. 2. MILK LABELING.

    Section 401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
341) is amended by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Whenever'' and by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(b) In establishing standards of identity for food under 
subsection (a), the following shall apply with respect to the labeling 
of milk:
            ``(1) Fluid milk may indicate on its label the portion of 
        milk which is non-fat content.
            ``(2)(A) Skim milk that is in final package form for 
        beverage use shall contain not less than 9 percent of milk 
        solids not fat.
            ``(B) Lowfat milk that is in final package form for 
        beverage use shall contain not less than 10 percent of milk 
        solids not fat.
            ``(C) Milk that is in final package form for beverage use 
        shall contain not less than 8.7 percent of milk solids not fat.
            ``(3) The label on any milk product may prominently display 
        the protein content of the milk.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect upon the 
expiration of one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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