[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4234 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4234

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that foods 
 containing spices, flavoring, or coloring derived from meat, poultry, 
or other animal products (including insects) bear labeling stating that 
                         fact and their names.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2007

  Mrs. Lowey 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 to require that foods 
 containing spices, flavoring, or coloring derived from meat, poultry, 
or other animal products (including insects) bear labeling stating that 
                         fact and their names.

    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 ``Food Ingredient Right to Know Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Millions of Americans follow certain dietary guidelines 
        for health, religious, and cultural reasons. These individuals 
        depend on ingredient labels for the information they need to 
        abide by these guidelines.
            (2) Under current regulations, food manufacturers are not 
        required to identify the products used in natural or artificial 
        flavorings, colorings, or spices, or some food additives.
            (3) These additives often contain derivatives of meat, 
        poultry, and other animal products, such as insects.

SEC. 3. FOOD LABELING; REQUIREMENT OF STATEMENT REGARDING SPICES, 
              FLAVORING, AND COLORING DERIVED FROM MEAT, OR POULTRY.

    Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
343) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (g), by inserting ``, subject to paragraph 
        (z)'' before the period at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (i), by inserting ``, subject to paragraph 
        (z)'' before the first period; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following paragraph:
    ``(z) If it contains any spice, flavoring, or coloring derived from 
meat, poultry, or any other animal product (including insects) unless 
its labeling bears a statement with appropriate prominence on the 
information panel providing that fact and the name of the meat, 
poultry, or other animal product, respectively.''.
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