[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 827 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 827

  To prohibit products that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products, 
  milk protein concentrate, or casein from being labeled as domestic 
                natural cheese, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2005

 Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. Clinton) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit products that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products, 
  milk protein concentrate, or casein from being labeled as domestic 
                natural cheese, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Quality Cheese Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. NATURAL CHEESE STANDARD.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1)(A) any change in domestic natural cheese standards to 
        allow dry ultra-filtered milk products, milk protein 
        concentrate, or casein to be labeled as domestic natural cheese 
        would result in increased costs to the dairy price support 
        program; and
            (B) that change would be unfair to taxpayers, who would be 
        forced to pay more program costs;
            (2) any change in domestic natural cheese standards to 
        allow dry ultra-filtered milk products, milk protein 
        concentrate, or casein to be labeled as domestic natural cheese 
        would result in lower revenues for dairy farmers;
            (3) any change in domestic natural cheese standards to 
        allow dry ultra-filtered milk products, milk protein 
        concentrate, or casein to be labeled as domestic natural cheese 
        would cause dairy products containing dry ultra-filtered milk, 
        milk protein concentrate, or casein to become vulnerable to 
        contamination and would compromise the sanitation, 
        hydrosanitary, and phytosanitary standards of the United States 
        dairy industry; and
            (4) changing the labeling standard for domestic natural 
        cheese would be misleading to the consumer.
    (b) Prohibition.--Section 401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Whenever'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Whenever''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The Commissioner may not use any Federal funds to amend 
section 133.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
corresponding similar regulation or ruling), to include dry ultra-
filtered milk, milk protein concentrate, or casein in the definition of 
the term `milk' or `nonfat milk', as specified in the standards of 
identity for cheese and cheese products published at part 133 of title 
21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 
regulation or ruling).''.
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