HRES 309
106th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer organizations
Dairy products
Employee training
Food additives
Food allergies
Food industry
Food safety
Health
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Milk
Peanuts
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding strategies to better protect millions of Americans with food allergies from potentially fatal allergic reactions, and to further assure the safety of manufactured food from inadvertent allergen contamination.
Introduced: September 28, 1999
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Became law
Oct 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Oct 1, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9238-9239)
Sep 28, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Sep 28, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1979)
Sep 28, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) major commercial food processors and producers should resolve to produce products containing key life-threatening allergens on separate, dedicated manufacturing lines; (2) labeled ingredient listings should specify their allergenic ingredients clearly by name if those ingredients are key allergens; (3) allergens should be identified in terms understandable to average citizens; (4) foods which are common, life-threatening allergens should not be added gratuitously to products where their contribution to taste is negligible and where their presence would not reasonably be expected; (5) industry, consumer, and scientific groups should voluntarily work together for the purpose of better educating food industry workers and the public on the issues of food allergy safety; and (6) an assessment of the impact and success of these initiatives should be made not later than one year after the date of adoption of this resolution and reported to the resolution's sponsors.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
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