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HR 6167 117th Congress House Agriculture and Food Federal preemption Food supply, safety, and labeling Meat

Food Date Labeling Act of 2021

Introduced: September 13, 2022 Introduced by: Pingree, Chellie Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Dec 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 7, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 7, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food Date Labeling Act of 2021

This bill addresses food waste by establishing requirements to standardize the quality date and discard date labels on food packaging.

What's happening now December 8, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2803 Related bill Agriculture Resilience Act
  • S 1337 Related bill Agriculture Resilience Act of 2021
  • S 3324 Identical bill Food Date Labeling Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 25, 2022
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Oct 14, 2022
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Casten, Sean
Illinois · Oct 14, 2022
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 15, 2022
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Sep 13, 2022
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 3, 2022
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Lieu, Ted
California · Jan 18, 2022
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Dec 7, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6167: Food Date Labeling Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6167/
MLA
"H.R. 6167: Food Date Labeling Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6167/.
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H.R. 6167, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6167/.
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[H.R. 6167: Food Date Labeling Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6167/)
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