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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 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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 Congressional Research Service
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 October 8, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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