LABELING related term(s) Packaging

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: require certain labeling of unsolicited commercial mail (see H.R. 5895), H2758 [24AP]

Agriculture: provide for country of origin labeling for dairy products (see S. 3653), S10069 [29SE]

Children and youth: prohibit distribution or sale of video games that do not have age-based content rating labels and prohibit sale or rental of video games with adult content ratings to minors (see S. 3315), S7148 [23JY]

———require ratings labels on video games and prohibit sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors (see H.R. 5990), H3186 [7MY]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 3610), S9657 [26SE]

CPSC: prescribe rules requiring distinctive markings on toy and look-alike firearms (see H.R. 5471), H994 [14FE]

FDA: finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (see S. 3425), S8035 [1AU]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 2784), S2133 [13MR]

———require chain restaurants and grocery stores to disclose nutritional information on prepared foods (see S. 3575), S9492 [25SE]

———require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (see H.R. 7187), H10299 [27SE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 6636), H7306 [29JY]

Foreign trade: require country-of-origin labeling on certain laminated woven bags (see H.R. 6744), H7786 [31JY]

Pharmaceuticals: require country-of-origin labeling on prescription and over-the-counter drugs (see S. 3633), S9657 [26SE]

Tobacco products: prohibit cigarette manufacturers from making claims or representations based on data derived from the cigarette testing method established by the FTC (see S. 2685), S1467 [3MR]

Letters

Sunscreen Labeling Protection (SUN) Act: Daniel E. Smith and Dick Woodruff, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, S8038 [1AU]

———Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group (organization), S8038 [1AU]

———Robert F. Hurley, Citizens for Sun Protection (organization), S8038 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Food: require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (H.R. 7187), E2135 [28SE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 6636), E1596 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

FDA: finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (S. 3425), S8037 [1AU]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (S. 2784), S2159 [13MR]

Food industry: require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly, S1580 [5MR]

———require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly (S. 414), S158 [23JA]

Pharmaceuticals: require country-of-origin labeling on prescription and over-the-counter drugs (S. 3633), S9715 [26SE]

Reports filed

Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2685) (S. Rept. 110-512), S9655 [26SE]