A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish certain limitations respecting the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to regulate certain foods for special dietary use under that act.

Summary

Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not: (1) establish maximum limits on the potency of any synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form; (2) classify any vitamin or mineral as a drug solely on the basis of the potency of the vitamin or mineral; and (3) limit the combination or number of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other ingredient of food, within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in capsule, tablet, or liquid form. States that the labeling and advertising for any food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form may not: (1) list its ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals unless such ingredients (a) are listed in a list of all the ingredients of such food, or (b) are subject to a specified regulations; or (2) give prominence or emphasize the list of ingredients. States that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to establish maximum limits on the potency of a synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral if such limits are prescribed under regulations requiring the vitamin or mineral to be dispensed only upon a prescription.

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Timeline

1. 7 August 1974

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 7 August 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 7 August 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 August 1974

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Sponsors

• Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Satterfield, David E., III [D-VA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Preyer, Richardson [D-NC-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Symington, James W. [D-MO-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Roy, William R. [D-KS-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nelsen, Ancher [R-MN-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hastings, James F. [R-NY-39] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hudnut, William H., III [R-IN-11] · R · Cosponsor
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