PACKAGING see also Labeling

Bills and resolutions

Crime: enhance penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors (see S. 1686), S7951 [12NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish single, front-of-package labeling system for all foods required to bear nutrition labeling and eliminate deceptive claims and update existing nutrition labels (see S. 1653), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 3147), H5766 [19SE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 2248), H3095 [4JN]

——— ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers for children, baby food, and infant formula and regulate its use in other food containers (see S. 1124), S4058 [10JN]

Taxation: impose a retail tax on disposable carryout bags (see H.R. 1686), H2246 [23AP]

Remarks in House

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (H.R. 2248), H6660 [22OC]

Taxation: impose a retail tax on disposable carryout bags (H.R. 1686), E511 [23AP]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: enhance penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors (S. 1686), S7961 [12NO]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers for children, baby food, and infant formula and regulate its use in other food containers (S. 1124), S4059 [10JN]

Texts of

S. 1686, Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act, S7962 [12NO]