PACKAGING
Bills and resolutions
Crime: provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of writing or other material inside a consumer product (see S. 1233), S8123 [24JY]
Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see S. 1494), S10154 [3OC] (see H.R. 2964), H6055 [25SE]
Foreign trade: require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (see S. 1664), S11612 [8NO] (see H.R. 3329), H8337 [16NO]
Government regulations: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (see H.R. 3066), H6458 [9OC]
Textile industry and fabrics: require labeling of products processed or manufactured in a U.S. territory (see H.R. 3474), H10055 [12DE]
Letters
Clarify Dept. of Agriculture legal authority to enforce pathogen reduction standards for meat and poultry products: Carol Tucker Foreman, Safe Food Coalition, S11079 [25OC]
———Elsa A. Murano, Dept. of Agriculture, S11078, S11080 [25OC]
———Howard Metzenbaum and Carol Tucker Foreman, Consumer Federation of America, S11078 [25OC]
———Shirley Igo, National PTA, S11078 [25OC]
———William D. Novelli, AARP, S11078 [25OC]
Lists
Supporters of Harkin amendment to H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, on Dept. of Agriculture legal authority to enforce certain pathogen reduction standards, S11078 [25OC]
Remarks in House
Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, H6267, H6268, H6269 [4OC]
Government regulations: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (H.R. 3066), E1833 [9OC]
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration: additional staff and funding, H6273 [4OC]
Remarks in Senate
Crime: provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of writing or other material inside a consumer product (S. 1233), S8135, S8136 [24JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify legal authority to enforce pathogen reduction standards for meat and poultry products, S11076-S11082 [25OC]
Foreign trade: require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (S. 1664), S11615 [8NO]
Reports filed
Product Packaging Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1233), S9197 [6SE]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1233) (S. Rept. 107-106), S12368 [4DE]
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