Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act

Bill: 118-hr-4849
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments

Food supply, safety, and labeling
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act</strong></p> <p>This bill allows hemp and hemp-derived ingredients to be included in food and dietary supplements.</p> <p>Current law prohibits, with limited exceptions, the sale of food and dietary supplements that contain an ingredient that is an active ingredient in (1) an approved drug, or (2) a drug for which there have been substantial and publicly known clinical investigations. This bill exempts hemp and hemp-derived ingredients, such as hemp-derived cannabidiol, from this prohibition.</p> <p>The Food and Drug Administration may establish labeling and packaging requirements for such foods and dietary supplements.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4849 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2023 Mr. Blumenauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To allow for hemp-derived cannabidiol and hemp-derived cannabidiol containing substances in dietary supplements and food.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act . 2. Regulation of hemp-derived cannabidiol and hemp-derived cannabidiol containing substances (a) Inclusion in definition of dietary supplement Section 201(ff)(3)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321(ff)(3)(B) ) is amended in each of clauses (i) and (ii) by inserting (other than hemp, hemp-derived cannabidiol, or a substance containing any other ingredient derived from hemp) after an article . (b) Definition Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (tt) The term hemp has the meaning given such term in section 297A(1) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. . (c) Prohibited act Section 301(ll) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 331(ll) ) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (1), by inserting (other than hemp, hemp-derived cannabidiol, or a substance containing any other ingredient derived from hemp) after made public . (d) Labeling Consistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq. ), the Secretary of Health and Human Services may— (1) establish labeling and packaging requirements for dietary supplements and food that contain hemp, hemp-derived cannabidiol, or a substance containing any other ingredient derived from hemp; and (2) take additional enforcement actions with respect to products labeled as dietary supplements but not meeting the definition of such term in section 201(ff)(3)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321(ff)(3)(B) ), as amended by subsection (a).