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H.R.5747
Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish labeling requirements regarding allergenic substances in food, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 11/14/2002)      Cosponsors: 20
Latest Major Action: 11/22/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
11/14/2002:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
11/22/2002:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

COMMITTEE(S):
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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(20), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Brown, Sherrod - 11/14/2002 [OH-13] Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 11/14/2002 [OR-4]
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 11/14/2002 [CT-3] Rep Frost, Martin - 11/14/2002 [TX-24]
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 11/14/2002 [NY-26] Rep Holt, Rush D. - 11/14/2002 [NJ-12]
Rep Langevin, James R. - 11/14/2002 [RI-2] Rep Lee, Barbara - 11/14/2002 [CA-9]
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 11/14/2002 [MI-12] Rep Miller, George - 11/14/2002 [CA-7]
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 11/14/2002 [NY-8] Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 11/14/2002 [DC]
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 11/14/2002 [NJ-6] Rep Price, David E. - 11/14/2002 [NC-4]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 11/14/2002 [NY-15] Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 11/14/2002 [MI-13]
Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 11/14/2002 [NJ-9] Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 11/14/2002 [CA-33]
Rep Smith, Adam - 11/14/2002 [WA-9] Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 11/14/2002 [CA-29]


SUMMARY AS OF:
11/14/2002--Introduced.

Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define " major food allergen" as any of the following: milk, eggs, fish, Crustacea, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, and soybeans. Includes spices, flavorings, colorings, or incidental additives that are or intentionally contain a major food allergen. Requires food that is not a raw agricultural commodity, and that is, or intentionally bears or contains, a major food allergen, to state that information on its label by January 1, 2006.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to increasing the number of inspections under the Act to ensure that foods comply with practices to reduce or eliminate cross-contact with major food allergen residues and to ensure that major food allergens are properly labeled on foods. Sets forth reporting requirements.

Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a review of the science relating to glutens in food and celiac disease, and to issue a report to the Secretary and Congress on its findings. Directs the Secretary to issue a proposed rule followed by a final rule to define, and permit use of, the term "gluten-free" on the labeling of foods.

Directs the Secretary, in the Conference for Food Protection, as part of its cooperative activities between the States under the Public Health Service Act, to pursue certain revisions of the Food Code to provide guidelines for preparing allergen-free foods in food establishments.

Requires the Secretary to include assistance relating to the use of different modes of treatment for and prevention of allergic responses to foods when he or she provides technical assistance relating to trauma care and emergency medical services under the Public Health Service Act.