S 3324 117th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Federal preemption Food supply, safety, and labeling Meat

Food Date Labeling Act of 2021

Introduced: December 7, 2021 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Dec 7, 2021

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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 7, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3324: Food Date Labeling Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3324/

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