Matt Haller EtO Awareness Act

Bill: 117-hr-7167
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2022-03-18
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Matt Haller EtO Awareness Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires foods and food additives that have been sterilized with ethylene oxide or propylene oxide to be conspicuously labeled as such.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7167 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2022 Ms. Newman (for herself, Mr. Quigley , and Ms. Speier ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make food and food additives that are sterilized using ethylene oxide or propylene oxide misbranded unless that use is disclosed on its labeling, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Matt Haller EtO Awareness Act . 2. Food and food additives misbranded if labeling fails to disclose ethylene oxide or propylene oxide use (a) In general Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 343 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (z) If it is a food or food additive that is sterilized using any amount of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide, unless it bears labeling conspicuously stating that fact. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to food or food additives introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce on or after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.