Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act

Bill: 117-hr-8054
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2022-06-14
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires finished pasteurized orange juice to contain at least 10% by weight of orange juice soluble solids (currently 10.5%), exclusive of the solids of any added optional sweetening ingredients. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8054 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2022 Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mrs. Cammack , Mr. Webster of Florida , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Soto , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Posey , Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Steube , Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mr. Gimenez , Mr. Crist , and Mr. Buchanan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To modify the minimum required weight of orange juice soluble solids.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act . 2. Revision of pasteurized orange juice standards (a) In general Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice , established in section 146.140 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be deemed to require finished pasteurized orange juice to contain not less than 10.0 percent by weight of orange juice soluble solids, exclusive of the solids of any added optional sweetening ingredients. (b) Regulation authority Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice.