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This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) asks the Grocery Manufacturers Association to name the food safety requirements that currently conflict between states and that would be preempted by the National Uniformity for Food Act (H.R. 4167) in an April 18 letter to the group. Waxman wrote to the Food Products Association in March, stating that some lawmakers "were under the impression that food companies had to print a different product label for each of the 50 states due to conflicting state laws." FPA still has not responded to his request, he notes. Waxman also asks GMA to provide examples of state requirements that should be nationalized in order to "ensure that consumers have confidence" in product labels. The bill, which aims to make food labels more uniform, would affect California's Prop 65. The measure was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions in March after it passed the House in a 283-139 vote. Prior to passage, the House adopted an amendment that would exclude dietary supplements from the provisions, but trade groups said they would seek inclusion of supplements as the bill heads to the Senate (1"The Tan Sheet" March 13, 2006, In Brief)...