(1) The Institute of Medicine of the National 
Academies advises the United States Government on 
nutritional science for use in the formation of public 
policy, including product labeling programs. 
(2) In 2002, the Institute of Medicine— 
(A) issued recommended dietary reference 
intake amounts for energy, carbohydrates, fiber, 
fat, fatty acids, cholesterol, protein, and amino 
acids; and 
(B) made recommendations regarding con-
sumption of trans fat. 
(3) These recommendations included the fol-
lowing statement: ‘‘trans fatty acids are not essen-
tial and provide no known benefit to human health’’. 
(4) The Institute of Medicine concluded that— 
(A) both saturated and trans fats increase 
levels of LDL cholesterol; and 
(B) trans fats may also lower levels of 
HDL cholesterol. 
(5) A 2006 New England Journal of Medicine 
scientific review stated that ‘‘from a nutritional 
standpoint, the consumption of trans fatty acids re-
sults in considerable potential harm but no apparent 
benefit’’. 
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(6) Based on this overwhelming scientific evi-
dence, in 2013, the Food and Drug Administration 
issued a preliminary determination that partially hy-
drogenated oils, which are the primary dietary 
source of artificial trans fats, are not ‘‘generally rec-
ognized as safe’’ for use as an ingredient in food. 
(7) Notwithstanding such preliminary deter-
mination, certain foods will still contain a certain 
level of naturally-occurring trans fats, and current 
laws and regulations, which only require that the la-
beling of food containing a certain threshold amount 
of trans fats bear that fact, will remain in effect. 
SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF TRANS FAT CONTENT OF LESS 
THAN 0.5 GRAM PER SERVING ON THE LABEL 
OR IN THE LABELING OF FOOD. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs shall promulgate a final regulation, 
revising section 101.9(c)(2)(ii) of title 21 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations and such other regulatory provisions 
as may be necessary, to— 
(1) require that the nutrition information on 
the label or labeling on an applicable food contain an 
asterisk or another similar notation and a note to in-
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dicate that the food has a low trans fat content per 
serving; and 
(2) prohibit the label or labeling on an applica-
ble food from indicating that trans fat content per 
serving is zero. 
(b) APPLICABLE FOOD.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘applicable food’’ means a food for which— 
(1) the trans fat content of a serving of the 
food is less than 0.5 gram and greater than 0.0 
gram; and 
(2) the trans fat content of a serving of the 
food is declared in the nutrition information on the 
label or in the labeling of the food. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The regulation promulgated 
under subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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