FOOD related term(s) Agriculture

Amendments

Agriculture: extend Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect fees (S. 1490), S12742, S12748 [29SE], S15631 [10NO], H8837 [4NO]

Watermelons: sales and promotion (S. 778), S16842, S16894 [20NO]

Analyses

False and Misleading—FDA's Report ``Unsubstantiated Claims and Documented Health Hazards in the Dietary Marketplace'', S16817-S16820 [20NO]

Modify Agricultural Market Promotion Program (S. 940), S5819 [12MY]

Articles and editorials

Contaminated Cider Sparks Inquiry—Apples Must Be Washed Before Pressing To Remove E. Coli Bacteria, S5774 [11MY]

How Safe Is Our Food?—Contamination Causes 9,000 Deaths a Year, and New Dangers and Emerging, S6056-S6058 [18MY]

Key to Relief in Somalia—Women, S650 [26JA]

Only Three U.S. Carriers Bid To Haul Food Aid, S13058 [5OC]

Pizza Patrons Stricken, S6805 [27MY]

Recommendations for the Use of Folic Acid To Reduce the Number of Cases of Spina Bifida and Other Neural Tube Defects, S16826-S16828 [20NO]

Vitamin E Consumption and the Risk of Coronary Disease in Women, S16820-S16826 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: assist producers and processors of commodities to donate unmarketable goods to food banks (see H.R. 1254), H1079 [9MR]

———bovine growth hormone moratorium (see S. 734), S4254 [1AP]

———bovine growth hormone study (see H.R. 1904), H2127 [28AP]

———contributions, termination date, and voting regulations relative to the dairy promotion and research program (see H.R. 3410), H8658 [28OC]

———create emergency relief fund (see S. 1214), S8618 [13JY]

———disaster assistance (see S. 1263), S9061 [20JY]

———equalization of minimum adjustments to milk prices and study the solids content of beverage milk (see S. 1277), S9290 [22JY]

———establish grants and fellowships for college food science programs (see H.R. 1352), H1290 [16MR]

———establish national sweet potato program (see H.R. 2809), H5526 [29JY]

———exempt certain small milk producers from fluid milk promotion program assessments (see S. 1205), S8452 [1JY]

———extend Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect fees (see S. 1490), S12388 [23SE]

———food safety protections relative to pesticide use (see H.R. 1627), H1857 [1AP]

———fruit and vegetable import regulations (see H.R. 1333), H1231 [11MR]

———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (see S. 735; H.R. 1906), S4254 [1AP], H2127 [28AP]

———milk labeling (see H.R. 516), H178 [21JA]

———modify market promotion program (see S. 940), S5814 [12MY]

———moratorium on bovine somatotropin (see S. 954), S5923 [13MY]

———price supports for milk relative to disposal of surplus dairy products and expansion of exports (see H.R. 2664), H4757 [15JY]

———prohibit use of bovine somatotropin relative to exportation of milk and dairy products (see H.R. 2382), H3456 [10JN]

———reduction of price supports relative to milk produced with bovine growth hormones (see S. 736; H.R. 1905), S4254 [1AP], H2127 [28AP]

———reduction of program debt and donations of grain to the countries of the former Soviet Union (see H.R. 1221), H1045 [4MR]

———reform milk marketing order system relative to geographic price basing points (see H.R. 738), H358 [2FE]

———triple base acreage farming relative to erodible land and wetland conservation requirements (see S. 610), S3172 [18MR]

———watermelon research and promotion (see H.R. 653), H308 [27JA]

Alcoholic beverages: permit use of certain agricultural byproducts in wine production (see H.R. 2100), H2462 [12MY]

Aquaculture: develop national policy (see S. 1288), S9541 [27JY]

Children and youth: expand the school breakfast program (see H.R. 3581), H10469 [20NO]

———expand the school lunch program (see H.R. 3582), H10469 [20NO]

———promote good nutrition and healthy eating habits (see S. 1614), S14838 [2NO]

———promote healthy eating habits (see H.R. 3580), H10468 [20NO]

———restore food supplement benefits under the dependent care food program (see H.R. 628), H258 [26JA]

CPSC: establish food safety and inspection programs (see S. 1750), S16718 [20NO]

Crime: identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H2126 [28AP]

Dairy products: inclusion of minimum standards of milk solids in standards for identity for milk (see S. 793), S4632 [19AP]

Dept. of Defense: purchase of U.S.-packaged food (see H.R. 120), H103 [6JA]

Education: school lunch requirements relative to provision of specific types of fluid milk (see H.R. 280), H107 [6JA]

FDA: moratorium on the issuance of regulations relative to dietary supplements (see S. 1762; H.R. 3650), S16719 [20NO], H10985 [22NO]

———prevent misleading advertising of nutrition and health benefits (see S. 68), S192 [21JA]

Federal aid programs: funding for WIC, Head Start, and Job Corps programs (see S. Con. Res. 27), S6840 [28MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulation of dietary supplements (see H.R. 2923), H6377 [6AU]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (see H.R. 967), H723 [18FE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 968), H723 [18FE]

Fish and fishing: duty-free treatment of certain canned tuna imported into the U.S. (see H.R. 3598), H10469 [20NO]

Food industry: clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements (see H.R. 2900), H6292 [5AU]

———distribution to food service operations instructions for removing food which has become lodged in a person's throat (see H.R. 262), H107 [6JA]

———interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H10985 [22NO]

———require humane slaughter of poultry (see H.R. 649), H308 [27JA]

Food Safety and Inspection Agency: establish (see S. 1349), S10232 [3AU]

Food Safety and Inspection Service: monthly financial obligation and employment level reports (see S. 296), S1148 [3FE]

Food Security Act: payment limitation provisions (see H.R. 2072), H2427 [11MY]

Food stamps: curtail fraud in program (see S. 505), S2416 [4MR]

———require domestic production of food stamp coupons (see S. 1359), S10361 [4AU]

Foreign trade: importation of milk protein products (see H.R. 400), H111 [6JA]

———importing of meat from European Community (see H.R. 1488), H1641 [25MR]

———require official inspection and testing of grain imports (see H.R. 3154), H7172 [28SE]

Health: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see S. 784; H.R. 509, 1709), S4561 [7AP], H178 [21JA], H1894 [7AP]

Hunger: reaffirm U.S. commitment to end hunger and malnutrition (see S.J. Res. 86), S5031 [28AP]

———simplify and improve food assistance programs and ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 529), H179 [21JA]

Hunger and malnutrition: U.S. commitment to end, H2302 [5MY]

Labeling: require labeling of vegetable foods with genetic-engineering modifications (see H.R. 2169), H2596 [19MY]

Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (see S. 1766; H.R. 3071), S16719 [20NO], H6757 [14SE]

———amend (S. 1766), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 56), S16936 [22NO]

Medicare: nutritional counseling provided under the supervision of a registered dietitian (see H.R. 1047), H793 [23FE]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: election guidelines (see H.R. 3411), H8658 [28OC]

National Shellfish Safety Program: establish (see H.R. 1412), H1527 [18MR]

Native Americans: implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on reservations (see S. 1777), S16935 [22NO]

Nonprofit organizations: funding for processing, packaging, and transportation of grower-donated commodities (see H.R. 1939), H2182 [29AP]

Pesticides: regulate residues in food (see S. 331; H.R. 872), S1384 [4FE], H588 [4FE]

———tolerance regulations relative to food (see S. 1478), S12130 [21SE]

Poultry: reestablish minimum inspection and processing standards (see H.R. 361), H110 [6JA]

Russia: eliminate price-gouging in food assistance transportation (see S. Res. 115), S6840 [28MY]

Safety: meat and poultry inspection for bacterial contamination and proper handling and cooking instructions labeling (see H.R. 1786), H1991 [21AP]

Schools: protection of school districts and the Dept. of Agriculture from anti-competitive activities by food suppliers relative to school food programs (see H.R. 2956), H6379 [6AU]

Social Security: exclude certain benefits in determining amount of Food Stamp Act benefits (see H.R. 889), H638 [16FE]

U.N.: anniversary of founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization (see S.J. Res. 86), S5031 [28AP]

———anniversary of the Food and Agricultural Organization (see H.J. Res. 193), H2302 [5MY]

Veterinarians: alternate uses of certain drugs for animals (see S. 340), S1384 [4FE]

Watermelons: sales and promotion (see S. 778), S4560 [7AP]

WIC: supplemental food programs (see S. 22, 175), S190, S194 [21JA]

WIC, Head Start, and Job Corps Programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 1678), H1880 [2AP]

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 137; H.J. Res. 218), S12388 [23SE], H4079 [24JN]

Letters

Bovine growth hormone use: Curt Rohland, National Family Farm Coalition, S4326 [1AP]

———Dean Swenson, Wisconsin Rural Development Center, Inc., S4326 [1AP]

———Leland Swenson, National Farmers Union, S4326 [1AP]

———Stewart G. Huber, National Farmers Union, S4326 [1AP]

Composition and labeling of dietary supplements: several Members of Congress, S17049 [23NO]

Economic impact of proposed taxation rate changes: James V. Pinciotti, Fleming Companies, Inc., H4661 [14JY]

Emergency Food Assistance Program funding: Bob Crawford, S9478 [27JY]

Exclude certain Russian grain shipments from the cargo preference requirements: Mike Espy, Sec. of Agriculture, S13055, S13056 [5OC]

———several Representatives, S13056 [5OC]

North American Free Trade Agreement: Keith Heard, National Corn Growers Association, S16071 [18NO]

———Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, H9959, H9961, H9963 [17NO]

———Representative Waxman, H9958, H9960, H9962, H9965 [17NO]

Lists

Grocers Care Award Honorees, S7644 [22JN]

Press releases

Food stamps program: Dept. of Agriculture, S3852 [26MR]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: assist producers and processors of commodities to donate unmarketable goods to food banks (H.R. 1254), H1076 [9MR]

———bovine growth hormone moratorium (S. 734), H4783 [20JY]

———establish a fresh-cut flowers and fresh-cut greens promotion program (S. 994), H10613 [21NO]

———exempt certain small milk producers from fluid milk promotion program assessments (S. 1205), H6054 [4AU]

———extend Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect fees (S. 1490), H8835-H8839 [4NO]

———tribute to national farming program, H6297 [6AU]

Committee on Agriculture (House): hunger hearings, H1996 [22AP]

Del Rio, TX: tribute to community Thanksgiving dinner celebration, H10500 [21NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: re-evaluate inspection system used to detect tainted meats, H318 [2FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulation of dietary supplements (H.R. 2923), H10266 [19NO]

Food industry: clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements (H.R. 2900), H6358 [6AU]

Foreign aid: impact of starvation relief efforts and inexpensive food exports on local economies, H4240, H4241 [29JN]

Health: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (H.R. 509), H129 [21JA]

Hunger: simplify and improve food assistance programs and ensure adequate diet for all Americans (H.R. 529), H2171 [29AP]

Japan: importation of foreign grown apples, H3840 [21JN]

Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (S. 1766), H10619 [21NO]

———amend (S. 1766), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 56), H10954 [22NO]

Medicare: nutritional counseling provided under the supervision of a registered dietitian (H.R. 1047), H1015 [4MR]

Native Americans: implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on reservations (S. 1777), H10953 [22NO]

North American Free Trade Agreement: impact on agricultural issues, H1074 [9MR]

———ratification (H.R. 3450), H9711 [16NO]

School lunch program: availability of fluid whole milk, H4233-H4239 [29JN]

Watermelons: sales and promotion (S. 778), H10611 [21NO]

WIC: supplemental food programs, H4199 [29JN]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 218), H7795 [13OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: bovine growth hormone moratorium, S10760 [6AU]

———bovine growth hormone moratorium (S. 734), S4323-S4325 [1AP], S8842 [15JY]

———create emergency relief fund (S. 1214), S8619 [13JY]

———disaster assistance (S. 1263), S9069 [20JY]

———equalization of minimum adjustments to milk prices and study the solids content of beverage milk (S. 1277), S9293, S9294 [22JY]

———exempt certain small milk producers from fluid milk promotion program assessments (S. 1205), S8492, S8560 [1JY]

———extend Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect fees (S. 1490), S12447 [23SE], S12748 [29SE], S12869 [30SE], S13180 [6OC], S15631-S15633 [10NO]

———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (S. 735), S4323-S4325 [1AP]

———modify market promotion program (S. 940), S5817-S5819 [12MY]

———moratorium on bovine somatotropin (S. 954), S5943-S5945 [13MY]

———reduction of price supports relative to milk produced with bovine growth hormones (S. 736), S4323-S4325 [1AP]

———triple base acreage farming relative to erodible land and wetland conservation requirements (S. 610), S3173-S3175 [18MR]

Aquaculture: develop national policy (S. 1288), S9548, S9553 [27JY], S16528 [19NO]

Board of Tea Experts: funding, S9404 [26JY]

Cargo preference system: exclude certain Russian grain shipments from requirements, S13054-S13057 [5OC]

———maximum cost limitation, S13057-S13061 [5OC]

Children and youth: promote good nutrition and healthy eating habits (S. 1614), S14841-S14847 [2NO], S14974 [4NO], S16287 [19NO]

CPSC: establish food safety and inspection programs (S. 1750), S16763-S16765 [20NO]

Dairy products: inclusion of minimum standards of milk solids in standards for identity for milk (S. 793), S4635 [19AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: impose allocations for U.S. sugar production, S8754 [15JY]

———integrate the food safety and inspection powers in a single, independent agency, S8645 [13JY]

Education: efforts to make the National School Lunch program more accessible to disabled individuals, S6708 [27MY]

EPA: pesticides law reform, S10964 [6AU]

FDA: moratorium on the issuance of regulations relative to dietary supplements (S. 1762), S16816, S16868 [20NO]

———prevent misleading advertising of nutrition and health benefits (S. 68), S485 [21JA]

Federal aid programs: funding for WIC, Head Start, and Job Corps programs (S. Con. Res. 27), S6876 [28MY], S12143 [21SE]

Food industry: clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements (H.R. 2900), S10817, S10818 [6AU]

Food Safety and Inspection Agency: establish (S. 1349), S10241-S10243 [3AU], S11044 [7SE], S13927 [19OC]

Food Safety and Inspection Service: monthly financial obligation and employment level reports (S. 296), S1189 [3FE]

Food stamps: curtail fraud, S10722 [6AU]

———curtail fraud in program (S. 505), S2428 [4MR]

———program reforms, S10725 [6AU]

———require domestic production of food stamp coupons (S. 1359), S10437 [4AU]

Foreign aid: tribute to the World Food Programme, S8580 [13JY]

———World Food Program funding, S12235 [22SE]

Health: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (S. 784), S4577, S4580 [7AP], S5243 [29AP], S11677 [14SE], S13098 [5OC], S14837 [2NO], S17049 [23NO]

Hunger: reaffirm U.S. commitment to end hunger and malnutrition (S.J. Res. 86), S5039 [28AP]

Indonesia: humanitarian assistance, S8278 [30JN]

Japan: importation of foreign-grown apples, S6981 [9JN]

Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (S. 1766), S16896 [20NO]

———amend (S. 1766), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 56), S16986 [22NO]

National Grocers Week: observance, S7644 [22JN]

National Ice Cream Month: observance, S7531 [17JN]

Native Americans: implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on reservations (S. 1777), S16980 [22NO]

Pesticides: regulate residues in food (S. 331), S1418 [4FE]

———tolerance regulations relative to food (S. 1478), S12130, S12139, S12140 [21SE]

Russia: eliminate price-gouging in food assistance transportation (S. Res. 115), S6879 [28MY]

Safety: inspection and safety standards, S5672 [6MY], S5774 [11MY], S6056 [18MY], S6805 [27MY]

U.N.: anniversary of founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization (S.J. Res. 86), S5039 [28AP]

Veterinarians: alternate uses of certain drugs for animals (S. 340), S1447 [4FE], S1648 [16FE]

Watermelons: sales and promotion (S. 778), S4565 [7AP], S16894 [20NO]

WIC: supplemental food programs (S. 22), S421 [21JA]

———supplemental food programs (S. 175), S605 [21JA]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 218), S13524 [14OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 137), S12449 [23SE]

Reports

Disaster Averted—Southern Africa Fights the Drought of the Century, S8581 [13JY]

Reports filed

Agricultural Research and Promotion Improvement Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3515) (H. Rept. 103-394), H10468 [20NO]

National Aquaculture Development, Commercialization, and Promotion Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1288) (S. Rept. 103-192), S16431 [19NO]

Statements

Clarify the Small Business Exemption from Certain Nutrition Labeling Requirements on Food (H.R. 2900), H6358 [6AU]

Telegrams

Wheat import ban in Nigeria: William Lacy Swing, Dept. of State, S6513 [26MY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 218, World Food Day, H7795 [13OC]

H.R. 509, Health Freedom Act, H130 [21JA]

H.R. 2900, clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements on food, H6359 [6AU]

S. 68, prevent misleading advertising of nutrition and health benefits, S485 [21JA]

S. 175, WIC supplemental food programs, S606 [21JA]

S. 331, Pesticide Food Safety Act, S1419-S1424 [4FE]

S. 505, Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act, S2428 [4MR]

S. 734, Bovine Growth Hormone Moratorium Act, S4325 [1AP]

S. 735, Bovine Growth Hormone Milk Labeling Act, S4325 [1AP]

S. 736, Bovine Growth Hormone User Assessment Act, S4326 [1AP]

S. 778, Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act, S4565-S4567 [7AP], S17203-S17205 [24NO], H10611-H10613 [21NO]

S. 784, Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, S4578-S4580 [7AP]

S. 940, modify agricultural market promotion program, S5818 [12MY]

S. 954, Bovine Somatotropin Marketing Equivalency Act, S5944 [13MY]

S. 994, Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Act, H10613-H10619 [21NO]

S. 1205, exempt certain small milk producers from fluid milk promotion program assessments, S8560 [1JY], H6055 [4AU]

S. 1263, Disaster Assistance Act, S9070-S9076 [20JY]

S. 1277, Dairy Equity Act, S9293 [22JY]

S. 1288, National Aquaculture Development, Commercialization, and Promotion Act, S9549-S9553 [27JY]

S. 1359, National Food Stamp Anti-Counterfeiting Act, S10437 [4AU]

S. 1478, Food Quality Protection Act, S12131-S12138 [21SE]

S. 1490, extend Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect fees, S12447-S12449 [23SE], H8836 [4NO]

S. 1614, Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act, S14847-S14855 [2NO]

S. 1750, Food Safety Reform Act, S16765-S16767 [20NO]

S. 1762, Dietary Supplement Regulation Moratorium Act, S17202 [24NO]

S. 1766, Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act, S17211 [24NO], H10620 [21NO]

S. 1777, implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on reservations, S16981 [22NO], H10954 [22NO]

S. Con. Res. 27, funding for WIC, Head Start, and Job Corps programs, S6875 [28MY]

S. Con. Res. 56, corrections in enrollment for S. 1766, Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act amendments, S16955, S16986 [22NO], H10955 [22NO]

S. Res. 115, eliminate price-gouging in food assistance transportation for Russia, S6879 [28MY]

S.J. Res. 86, anniversary of founding of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and reaffirm U.S. commitment to end hunger and malnutrition, S5039 [28AP]

S.J. Res. 137, World Food Day, S12449 [23SE]