118th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 4764: Honey Identification Verification and Enforcement Act
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Summary
This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a standard of identity for honey based on U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) standards. (USP is an independent, scientific nonprofit organization whose work includes developing and publishing standards for food ingredients.)
The FDA must submit a report to Congress on enforcement actions taken based on honey that is adulterated or misbranded. (A food is deemed misbranded and may not be sold if it does not meet the FDA-established definition and standard of identity.)
Further, the bill modifies the Department of Agriculture country-of-origin labeling requirements for honey to require that the countries-of-origin be listed in order of predominance.
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The bill also establishes a requirement for including a certificate, mark, or statement on the label indicating that the honey meets the standard of identify established under this bill.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Michael Lawler R-NYOriginal
- Don Bacon R-NE
- Eric Burlison R-MO
- Robert Good R-VA
- Barry Moore R-AL
- Keith Self R-TX
- Darren Soto D-FL
Who scored on this bill
- 1Kelly Armstrong SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Kelly Armstrong.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.