‘‘(A) the term ‘vegetable’ or ‘veggie’; 
‘‘(B) representations, depictions, or images 
of such ingredients; or 
‘‘(C) any similar descriptive phrases, 
terms, or representations suggesting the prod-
uct contains vegetables or any specific type of 
vegetable, 
unless the quantity per serving and form of vege-
table, including only the nutrient-dense form, is de-
clared on the principal display panel in a common 
household measure that is appropriate to the food, 
conspicuously, and in immediate proximity to the 
most prominent term, representation, depiction, or 
image of vegetable. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall by regulation establish 
quantities below which such declaration shall state 
that the food does not contain any full serving of 
vegetable. 
‘‘(3) In this paragraph, the term ‘nutrient- 
dense’, with respect to the form of an ingredient de-
rived from a vegetable, means the whole, cut, dried, 
pulp, puree, 100-percent juice, or fully reconstituted 
concentrate form, and not concentrates, powders, 
and other ingredients that are not whole, cut, dried, 
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pulp, puree, 100-percent juice, or fully reconstituted 
concentrates. 
‘‘(dd) AMOUNT OF YOGURT.— 
‘‘(1) If, in the case of food other than a dietary 
supplement, the principal display panel bears the 
term ‘yogurt’, unless— 
‘‘(A) the quantity per serving of yogurt is 
declared on the principal display panel in a 
common household measure that is appropriate 
to the food, conspicuously, in immediate prox-
imity to the term; or 
‘‘(B) the first ingredient is cultured milk, 
cultured cream, cultured partially skimmed 
milk, or cultured skim milk. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall by regulation establish 
quantities below which such declaration shall state 
that the food does not contain any full serving of yo-
gurt.’’. 
(c) COLORING AND FLAVORING.—Section 403 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by 
subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(ee) COLORING AND FLAVORING.—If, in the case of 
food other than a dietary supplement, it bears or contains 
any artificial dye, or any added artificial or natural fla-
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voring, unless such fact is prominently stated on the prin-
cipal display panel of the packaging of the food. For the 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘artificial dye’ refers 
to a batch-certified dye certified under part 74 of title 21, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regula-
tions).’’. 
(d) SWEETENERS.—Section 403 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by subsection (c), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ff) SWEETENERS.—If, in the case of food other 
than a dietary supplement, it bears or contains any added 
artificial or natural noncaloric sweetener, unless such fact 
is prominently stated on the principal display panel of the 
packaging of the food.’’. 
(e) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as— 
(1) affecting any requirement in regulation in 
effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
with respect to matters that are required to be stat-
ed on the principal display panel of a package or 
container of food that is not required by an amend-
ment made by this section; or 
(2) restricting the authority of the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to require additional in-
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formation be disclosed on such a principal display 
panel. 
SEC. 3. CLAIMS FOR CONVENTIONAL FOODS. 
(a) HEALTH-RELATED CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(r)(1)(B) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
343(r)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘health- 
related condition’’ the following: ‘‘, describes the ef-
fect that a nutrient may have on the structure or 
function of the human body, characterizes the docu-
mented mechanism by which that nutrient acts to 
maintain such structure or function, or describes 
general well-being from consumption of that nutri-
ent,’’. 
(2) 
SUBSTANTIATION
OF
CLAIM.—Section 
403(r) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 343(r)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (7) as 
subparagraph (8); and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (6) 
the following: 
‘‘(7) If the Secretary requests that a claim under sub-
paragraph (1)(B) for food (other than a dietary supple-
ment) be substantiated, then not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the Secretary makes such request, the 
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manufacturer shall provide to the Secretary all docu-
mentation in the manufacturer’s possession relating to the 
claim.’’. 
(3) 
INCOMPATIBLE
WITH
MAINTAINING 
HEALTHY
DIETARY
PRACTICES.—Section 
403(r)(3)(A)(ii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(r)(2)(B)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘increases to persons in the general pop-
ulation the risk of a disease or health-related condi-
tion which is diet related’’ and inserting ‘‘may not 
be compatible with maintaining healthy dietary prac-
tices’’. 
(b) NUTRIENT CONTENT CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(r)(2)(B) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
343(r)(2)) is amended by striking paragraph (B) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) If a claim described in subparagraph (1)(A) is 
made with respect to a nutrient in a food and the Sec-
retary makes a determination that the food contains a nu-
trient at a level that may not be compatible with maintain-
ing healthy dietary practices, the label or labeling of such 
food shall contain, prominently and in immediate prox-
imity to such claim, a statement which indicates the food 
is high in such nutrient.’’. 
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