[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2267 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2267

   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

                             April 10, 2019

 Ms. Meng (for herself and Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire) 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 
2019''.

SEC. 2. EXPIRED INFANT FORMULA.

    (a) Adulteration.--Section 412(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 350a(a)) 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) the use by date of such infant formula, as specified 
        in the labeling of such formula 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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