[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1533 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1533

 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require warning 
                        labels on certain wine.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 1999

Mr. Kerrey (for himself and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require warning 
                        labels on certain wine.

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

SECTION 1. LABELING.

    Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
343) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(t) If it is wine imported from France, unless the label for the 
wine contains the following statement:
    `GOVERNMENT WARNING: Dried animal blood is occasionally used as a 
clarifying agent in French wines.'''.
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