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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6766 

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen 

requirements related to nutrient information on food labels. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 13, 2023 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 

strengthen requirements related to nutrient information 

on food labels. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency, Read5 ability, Understandability, Truth, and Helpfulness in La6 beling Act’’ or the ‘‘TRUTH in Labeling Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) The average American consumes substan10 tially more added sugars, sodium, and saturated fat 

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1 than is recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for 

2 Americans published under section 301 of the Na3 tional Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 

4 Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341), potentially increasing 

5 their risk for hypertension, type-2 diabetes, and 

6 heart disease. 

7 (2) A large body of experimental and real-world 

8 evidence has demonstrated that front-of-package la9 bels that highlight high levels of added sugars, so10 dium, and saturated fat can significantly improve 

11 the nutritional quality of foods that consumers pur12 chase or select. 

13 (3) Use of the nutrition facts label is lower 

14 among individuals with lower educational attainment 

15 and lower incomes, and robust research shows that 

16 front-of-package labels can be particularly beneficial 

17 for busy shoppers and for those with less nutrition 

18 literacy. 

19 (4) Front-of-package nutrition labeling gives 

20 consumers quick and easy access to key information 

21 about the healthfulness of foods and can support 

22 healthier choices. 

23 (5) Studies also show that front-of-package la24 beling can improve consumers’ understanding of the 

25 relative healthfulness of different foods. 

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1 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FRONT-OF-PACK2 AGE LABELING FOR FOODS. 

3 (a) INTERPRETIVE NUTRITION INFORMATION.—Sec4 tion 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

5 (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(z)(1) Except as provided in subparagraphs (3), (4), 

8 and (5) of paragraph (q), if it is food intended for human 

9 consumption and is offered for sale and otherwise required 

10 to bear nutrition labeling, unless its principal display panel 

11 bears interpretive nutrition information. 

12 ‘‘(2) Final regulations regarding the interpretive nu13 trition information required under subparagraph (1) shall 

14 meet the following criteria: 

15 ‘‘(A) There shall be a standardized symbol sys16 tem that displays calorie information related to the 

17 serving size determined under paragraph (q)(1)(A) 

18 and interpretative nutrition information related to 

19 the content of any nutrients that the Secretary de20 termines the highlighting of which will assist con21 sumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices 

22 (such as added sugars, sodium, or saturated fat), in23 cluding by highlighting products containing high lev24 els of such nutrients. 

25 ‘‘(B) The information shall— 

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1 ‘‘(i) appear in a consistent location on the 

2 principal display panels across products; 

3 ‘‘(ii) have a prominent design that visually 

4 contrasts with existing packaging design; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) be sufficiently large to be easily leg6 ible. 

7 ‘‘(3) In promulgating regulations regarding the inter8 pretive nutrition information required under subpara9 graph (1) and the standardized symbol system required 

10 under subparagraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall take into 

11 account published reports by the Health and Medicine Di12 vision of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, 

13 and Medicine regarding such information, and base regu14 lations on the following principles: 

15 ‘‘(A) Consumers should be able to quickly and 

16 easily comprehend the meaning of the system as an 

17 indicator of a product’s contribution to a healthy 

18 diet without requiring specific or sophisticated nutri19 tional knowledge. 

20 ‘‘(B) The nutrition information should be con21 sistent with the Nutrition Facts Panel and with the 

22 recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for 

23 Americans. 

24 ‘‘(C) The information should be provided to fa25 cilitate consumer selection of healthy product opVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:47 Dec 30, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6766.IH H6766
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1 tions, including among nutritionally at-risk sub2 populations. 

3 ‘‘(D) The Secretary should periodically evaluate 

4 the standardized symbol system to assess its effec5 tiveness in providing information to facilitate con6 sumer selection of healthy product options and the 

7 extent to which manufacturers are offering healthier 

8 products as a result of the disclosure. 

9 ‘‘(E) The implementation of the information 

10 disclosure should be accompanied by appropriate 

11 consumer education and promotion campaigns deter12 mined by the Secretary.’’. 

13 (b) REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

15 the effective date specified in final regulations issued 

16 by the Secretary pursuant to section 4(b), the Sec17 retary of Health and Human Services (referred to in 

18 this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall submit to Con19 gress a report that— 

20 (A) evaluates whether implementation of 

21 the amendment made by subsection (a) has 

22 been associated with an increase in the preva23 lence of products containing low- or no-calorie 

24 sweeteners in the United States food supply; 

25 and 

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1 (B) describes actions that will be taken by 

2 the Secretary to quantify the levels of low- and 

3 no-calorie sweeteners in such products, if there 

4 has been an increase described in subparagraph 

5 (A). 

6 (2) UPDATE.—Not later than 3 years after 

7 completion of the report described in paragraph (1), 

8 the Secretary shall submit to Congress an update to 

9 such report based on more recent data. 

10 SEC. 4. REGULATIONS. 

11 (a) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 

12 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

13 shall issue proposed regulations to carry out the amend14 ment made by section 3(a). 

15 (b) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 2 years 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

17 finalize the regulations proposed pursuant to subsection 

18 (a), which regulations shall specify the date on which the 

19 amendment made by section 3(a) shall take effect. 

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