A bill to establish requirements for quality and discard dates that are voluntarily declared on the food label.
Food Date Labeling Act of 2023
This bill establishes requirements for the format of quality date and discard date labels on food packaging.
Specifically, the bill requires the quality date on a food label (i.e., the date after which the quality of the item may deteriorate) to include the phrase BEST If Used By or the abbreviation BB. Similarly, the discard date on a food label (i.e., the date after which the item should not be consumed) must include the phrase USE By or the abbreviation UB. Abbreviations may only be used if the full phrase does not fit on the label.
The Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture may specify alternative phrases through regulations.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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