LABELING related term(s) Packaging

Amendments

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (S. 650), S9809, S9811, S9815 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Marketing Act: specify model for country-of-origin labeling requirements certification program for producers, ease verification of compliance with requirements, and impose schedule of penalties for violations (see H.R. 3083), H8216 [11SE]

Agriculture: expand country of origin labeling requirements to additional agricultural commodities and implement requirements on certain covered commodities (see H.R. 2270), H4737 [22MY]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see S. 40), S36 [7JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see S. 457), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 955), H1460 [27FE]

Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act: amend labeling requirements (see S. 130), S133 [9JA]

Drugs: require that each prescription drug sold at retail bear a label that states full retail price of the drug (see H.R. 3677), H12919 [8DE]

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (see S. 650), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 2857), H7615 [24JY]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H6602 [10JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (see H.R. 725), H460 [12FE]

———safeguard public health and provide food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented (see H.R. 1495), H2471 [27MR]

Food: require certain ready-to-eat meat or poultry products to bear a label advising at-risk consumers of Dept. of Agriculture and FDA recommendations relative to listeria monocytogenes (see S. 1187), S7381 [4JN]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 467), H243 [29JA] (see H.R. 3684), H12919 [8DE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 2916), H7782 [25JY]

Food industry: freshness dates on food (see H.R. 468), H243 [29JA]

Ginseng: delay effective date of certain provisions relative to labeling (see H.R. 2306), H4875 [3JN]

Taxation: treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (see H.R. 3155), H8490 [23SE]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture country of origin labeling requirements implementation: Bruce Bass and Gary Machan, IBP, Inc., S14114 [6NO]

———several organizations, S14112 [6NO]

Dept. of Agriculture country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, H6643 [14JY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6620, H6640-H6648 [14JY], H12837 [8DE], E1504 [17JY], E1536 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production, H671 [13FE]

FDA: proposed rule for dietary supplement current good manufacturing practices, H7937 [4SE]

———provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (S. 650), H11567-H11572 [19NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (H.R. 725), E218 [13FE]

Ginseng: delay effective date of certain provisions relative to labeling (H.R. 2306), E1114 [3JN]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children, H11570 [19NO]

Taxation: treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (H.R. 3155), E1862 [23SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, S14110-S14126, S14139 [6NO]

———labeling requirements for ginseng, S3079 [4MR]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (S. 40), S45 [7JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production, S2436 [13FE], S4806 [3AP]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (S. 457), S2849 [26FE]

Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act: amend labeling requirements (S. 130), S159 [9JA], S203 [10JA], S1648 [28JA]

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (S. 650), S3897 [18MR], S9811-S9819 [23JY]

Foreign trade: require country of origin labeling of all forms of ginseng, S14147 [6NO]

Government regulations: prohibit sales of products such as dietary supplements containing ephedra or ephedrine alkaloids, S2511-S2513 [14FE], S2674-S2676 [25FE]

Reports filed

Pediatric Research Equity Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 650) (S. Rept. 108-84), S8722 [26JN]

Texts of

S. 650, Pediatric Research Equity Act, S3898-S3900 [18MR], S9811-S9813, S9816-S9818 [23JY], H11567-H11569 [19NO]

S. 1187, At-Risk Consumer Protection Through Food Safety Labeling Act, S7401 [4JN]