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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4725 
To strengthen requirements related to nutrient information on food labels. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. THANEDAR, 
and Mr. CARSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To strengthen requirements related to nutrient information 
on food labels. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency, Read-
ability, Understandability, Truth, and Helpfulness in La-
beling Act’’ or the ‘‘TRUTH in Labeling Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The average American consumes substan-
tially more added sugars, sodium, and saturated fat 
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than is recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for 
Americans published under section 301 of the Na-
tional Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341), potentially increasing 
their risk for hypertension, type-2 diabetes, and 
heart disease. 
(2) A large body of experimental and real-world 
evidence has demonstrated that front-of-package la-
bels that highlight high levels of added sugars, so-
dium, and saturated fat can significantly improve 
the nutritional quality of foods that consumers pur-
chase or select. 
(3) Use of the nutrition facts label is lower 
among individuals with lower educational attainment 
and lower incomes, and robust research shows that 
front-of-package labels can be particularly beneficial 
for busy shoppers and for those with less nutrition 
literacy. 
(4) Front-of-package nutrition labeling gives 
consumers quick and easy access to key information 
about the healthfulness of foods and can support 
healthier choices for consumers and their families. 
(5) Studies also show that front-of-package la-
beling can improve consumers’ understanding of the 
relative healthfulness of different foods. 
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(6) Public health organizations advise that chil-
dren should not consume non-nutritive sweeteners. 
Real-world evidence has demonstrated that front-of- 
package labeling policies that highlight high levels of 
sugar, sodium, and saturated fat, but that do not 
disclose the presence of non-nutritive sweeteners, are 
associated with the food industry reformulating 
products to have lower levels of sugar, sodium, and 
saturated fat, but increased levels of non-nutritive 
sweeteners. 
(7) Real-world evidence has demonstrated that 
front-of-package label policies that highlight high 
levels of sugar, sodium, and saturated fat, and dis-
close the presence of non-nutritive sweeteners (with 
an advisory that children should avoid them), are as-
sociated with the food industry reducing the amount 
of sugar, sodium, saturated fat, and non-nutritive 
sweeteners in their products. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR FRONT-OF-PACKAGE LABEL-
ING FOR FOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall finalize the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Food 
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Labeling: Front-of-Package Nutrition Information’’ (90 
Fed. Reg. 5426 (January 16, 2025)). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The final rule required by 
subsection (a) shall require a food (as defined in sec-
tion 201(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(f))) intended for human 
consumption and offered for sale to bear nutrition 
labeling that includes the following: 
(A) A label on the principal display panel 
that details and identifies high amounts of 
added sugars, sodium, or saturated fat, as ap-
plicable. Such principal display panel shall in-
clude a separate label for each such nutrient, as 
applicable. Such labels shall designate high 
amounts of added sugars, sodium, or saturated 
fat based on Daily Values for adults, children 
ages 1 to 3 years, and infants through age 12 
months, as applicable. Such labels shall include 
the words ‘‘High in’’ and a conspicuous excla-
mation point icon. 
(B) If applicable, a statement on the prin-
ciple display panel that declares that the food 
contains non-nutritive sweeteners, with a fac-
tual statement that non-nutritive sweeteners are 
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not recommended for children. Such statement 
shall appear adjacent to the one or more ‘‘High 
in’’ labels described in subparagraph (A), if ap-
plicable. 
(2) APPLICATION TO FOODS FOR CHILDREN.— 
Notwithstanding section 101.9(j)(5) of title 21, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act), the labeling requirements de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 
(1) shall apply to foods, other than infant formula, 
that are represented or purported to be specifically 
for infants through 12 months of age and children 
1 through 4 years of age. 
(c) DAILY
REFERENCE
VALUES
AND
PERCENT 
DAILY VALUES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsections 
(a) and (b), the Secretary shall establish Daily Ref-
erence Values and percent Daily Values for added 
sugars, sodium, and saturated fat for infants 
through 12 months of age and update the Daily Ref-
erence Values and percent Daily Values for added 
sugars, sodium, and saturated fat for children 1 to 
3 years in alignment with the recommendations in 
the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans 
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published by the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture. 
(2) NO DELAY IN FINALIZING RULE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that establishing Daily Reference Values 
and percent Daily Values as described in para-
graph (1) for inclusion in the final rule required 
by subsection (a) would prevent the issuance of 
such final rule by the deadline described in such 
subsection, the Secretary shall issue such final 
rule before establishing such Daily Reference 
Values and percent Daily Values. 
(B) REVISIONS.—If the Secretary finalizes 
the rule as required by subsection (a) before es-
tablishing Daily Reference Values and percent 
Daily Values, as described in subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary, as soon as practicable after es-
tablishing such Daily Reference Values and per-
cent Daily Values, shall revise such final rule to 
include such Daily Reference Values and per-
cent Daily Values. 
(d) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section or in the 
final rule required by subsection (a) shall prevent the Sec-
retary from revising paragraph (4) of section 101.61(b) 
of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, to update the 
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limit for the low sodium nutrient content claim to 115 mil-
ligrams per reference amount customarily consumed or 
paragraph (5) of such section to update the limit for the 
low sodium nutrient content claim to 115 milligrams per 
100 grams, to align with current nutrition science. 
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