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HR 1486 112th Congress House

Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2011

Official title: To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to revise the Federal regulations applicable to the declaration of the trans fat content of a food on the label an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to revise the Federal regulations applicable to the declaration of the trans fat content of a food on the label and in the labeling of the food when such content is less than 0.5 gram.

Introduced: April 12, 2011 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory proceduresFood and Drug Administration (FDA)Food supply, safety, and labelingNutrition and diet
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Apr 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 12, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 12, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2011 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to promulgate a final regulation revising federal nutrition labeling regulations to: (1) require the label of a food that has less than 0.5 grams and greater than 0.0 grams of trans fat per serving to contain an asterisk or other notation and a note that the food has a low trans fat content per serving, and (2) prohibit the label or labeling on such a food from indicating that the trans fat content per serving is zero.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1486: Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1486/
MLA
"H.R. 1486: Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1486/.
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H.R. 1486, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1486/.
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[H.R. 1486: Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2011](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1486/)
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