Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1249
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-19
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Food industry and services

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. Requires the nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board to include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole product; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per the common unit division of the product, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer. Permits such information to be provided by a remote-access menu, such as through the internet, for food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off-premises at the time the order is placed.</p> <p>Defines &ldquo;reasonable basis&rdquo; for a restaurant or similar food establishment&rsquo;s nutrient content disclosures to mean that the nutrient disclosure is within acceptable allowances for variation in nutrient content, which include variations in serving size or ingredients, and inadvertent human error in formulation of menu items.</p> <p>Sets forth the methods a restaurant or similar food establishment may use to determine nutritional content for disclosure, including ranges, averages, individual labeling of flavors or components, or labeling of one preset standard build (i.e., the finished version of a menu item most commonly ordered by consumers).</p> <p>Applies the nutritional disclosure requirements to retail food establishments that derive more than 50% of their total revenue from the sale of food.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1249 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2013 Mrs. McMorris Rodgers (for herself, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California , Mr. Carter , Mr. Barrow of Georgia , Mrs. Ellmers , Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Ribble , Mr. Hinojosa , Mr. Rogers of Michigan , Mr. Womack , Mr. Griffith of Virginia , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , and Mr. Walberg ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013 . 2. Amending certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines Section 403(q)(5)(H) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(q)(5)(H)) is amended— (1) in subclause (ii)— (A) in item (I)(aa) by striking the number of calories contained in the standard menu item, as usually prepared and offered for sale and inserting the number of calories contained in the whole product, or the number of servings and number of calories per serving, or the number of calories per the common unit division of the product, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer ; (B) in item (II)(aa), by striking the number of calories contained in the standard menu item, as usually prepared and offered for sale and inserting the number of calories contained in the whole product, or the number of servings and number of calories per serving, or the number of calories per the common unit division of the product, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer ; and (C) by adding at the end the following flush text: In the case of restaurants or similar retail food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off-premises at the time such order is placed, the information required to be disclosed under this subclause may be provided by a remote-access menu, such as one available on the internet, instead of an on-premises menu. ; (2) in subclause (iv)— (A) by striking For the purposes of this clause, , inserting the following (and indenting the text that follows appropriately): (I) In general For the purposes of this clause, ; (B) by striking and other reasonable means and inserting or other reasonable means ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (II) Reasonable basis defined For purposes of this subclause, with respect to a nutrient disclosure, the term reasonable basis means that the nutrient disclosure is within acceptable allowances for variation in nutrient content. Such acceptable allowances shall include allowances for variation in serving size, inadvertent human error in formulation of menu items, and variations in ingredients. ; (3) in subclause (v)— (A) by inserting contained in the whole product, or the number of servings and information per serving, or the common unit division of the product, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer, before that come in different flavors, varieties, or combinations, ; (B) by striking , through means determined by the Secretary, including ranges, averages, or other methods ; and (C) by adding at the end, after the period, the following: A restaurant or similar retail food establishment may determine and disclosure such content by using any of the following methods: ranges, averages, individual labeling of flavors or components; or labeling of one preset standard build. In addition to such methods, the Secretary may allow the use of other methods, to be determined by the Secretary, for which there is a reasonable basis (as such term is used in subclause (iv)). ; and (4) in subclause (xi)— (A) in the heading, by striking Definition and inserting Definitions ; (B) by striking clause, the term menu and inserting the following (and indenting the text that follows appropriately): clause: (I) Menu; Menu board The term menu ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (II) Preset standard build The term preset standard build means the finished version of a menu item most commonly ordered by consumers. (III) Restaurant or similar retail food establishment The term restaurant or similar retail food establishment means a retail food establishment that derives more than 50 percent of its total revenue from the sale of food of the type described in subclause (i) or (ii) of clause (A). .