HRES 1487
110th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Birth defects
Child development
Food additives
Health
Medical research
Nutrition
Nutritionally induced diseases
Science, Technology, Communications
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 23, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Calls for the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to evaluate the scientific evidence on the question of whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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