[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2306 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2306

   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat infant 
         formula as adulterated if its use-by-date has passed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2013

   Ms. Meng 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 treat infant 
         formula as adulterated if its use-by-date has passed.

    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 ``Infant Formula Protection Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. EXPIRED INFANT FORMULA.

    (a) Adulteration.--Section 412 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 350a) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) such infant formula's use-by date, as specified in 
        the formula's labeling in accordance with section 107.20 of 
        title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
        regulations) has passed.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
beginning on the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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