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HR 17 98th Congress House Agriculture and Food Consumer protection Food additives Food and Food Industry Food industry Labeling laws

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that certain foods intended for human consumption be labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium they contain.

Introduced: January 3, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 2, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jan 3, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 3, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to state that a food intended for human consumption shall be deemed misbranded unless it is labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium it contains when in excess of a certain number of milligrams. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt a food from such requirement by requiring the information to be prominently displayed near its place of display or sale.

Exempts from such labeling requirements any manufacturer of such foods whose total annual sales are less than a specified amount.

What's happening now February 2, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jan 3, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 17: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that certain foods intended for human consumption be labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium they contain.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-17/
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"H.R. 17: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that certain foods intended for human consumption be labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium they contain.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-17/.
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H.R. 17, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-17/.
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[H.R. 17: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that certain foods intended for human consumption be labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium they contain.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-17/)
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