[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2087 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2087

 To extend the time period for compliance with the Nutrition Labeling 
 and Education Act of 1990 for certain food products packaged prior to 
                            August 18, 1994.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 6 (legislative day, May 2), 1994

  Mr. Bumpers introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the time period for compliance with the Nutrition Labeling 
 and Education Act of 1990 for certain food products packaged prior to 
                            August 18, 1994.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That before August 18, 1994, sections 403(q) and 403(r)(2) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or section 7 of the Nutrition 
Labeling and Education Act of 1990 shall not apply with respect to a 
food product which is contained in a package for which the label was 
printed before April 1, 1994, if, before June 15, 1994, the person who 
introduces or delivers for introduction such food product into 
interstate commerce submits to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services a certification that such person will comply with this section 
and will comply with such sections 403(q) and 403(r)(2) after August 
18, 1994.

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