S 2095
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Alaska
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act
Introduced: September 29, 2015
Introduced by:
Cantwell, Maria
Democratic
· Washington
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 29, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act
This bill declares the acceptable market name of Gadus chalcogrammus is "pollock" and the acceptable market name of Lithodes aequispinus is "golden king crab."
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the sale of pollock labeled "Alaskan pollock" or "Alaska pollock" only if the pollock was harvested in the exclusive economic zone or state waters adjacent to Alaska.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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