NUFA
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)...
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An amendment to the "National Uniformity for Food Act" by Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) "clarifies that uniformity in notification requirements for warnings does not apply to warnings related to dietary supplements." The amended version of H.R. 4167 passed the House March 8 in a 283-139 vote. The bill would prevent state-imposed food labeling requirements (1"The Tan Sheet" March 6, 2006, p. 7). An amendment by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and three other lawmakers which would still require food labeling notifications related to cancer and birth defect risks was not adopted before the legislation passed. The American Herbal Products Association and National Nutritional Foods Association stated they would seek inclusion of supplements in a Senate companion bill. Council for Responsible Nutrition President Steve Mister said the amendment was "very disappointing but not totally unexpected," since supplements have been expressly excluded from other versions of the bill since its first introduction in 1998. CRN will work to educate lawmakers that supplements are safe and to eliminate confusion about their regulation by FDA...
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