United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5518 (95th)
A bill to give the Food and Drug Administration greater discretion in the control of food additives.
Introduced
23 March 1977
Last action
23 March 1977 · Introduced
Status
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Sponsors
Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Anderson, John B. [R-IL-16], Rep. Burke, J. Herbert [R-FL-12], Rep. Cederberg, Elford A. [R-MI-10], Rep. Collins, James M. [R-TX-3], Rep. Daniel, Robert W., Jr. [R-VA-4], Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7], Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5], Rep. Evans, Frank E. [D-CO-3], Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2], Rep. McClory, Robert [R-IL-13], Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20], Rep. Nix, Robert N. C. [D-PA-2], Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38], Rep. Pattison, Edward W. [D-NY-29], Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Snyder, M. G. (Gene) [R-KY-4], Rep. Treen, David C. [R-LA-3]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
1 August 2024
Summary
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food additive unsafe to be marketed if it is found to induce cancer in man or animal when ingested in reasonable quantities, or found in appropriate tests to induce cancer in man or animal when ingested in reasonable quantities.
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Timeline
23 March 1977
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 1977
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 1977
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 23 March 1977
Sponsors
- Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Anderson, John B. [R-IL-16] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Burke, J. Herbert [R-FL-12] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cederberg, Elford A. [R-MI-10] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Collins, James M. [R-TX-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Daniel, Robert W., Jr. [R-VA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Evans, Frank E. [D-CO-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McClory, Robert [R-IL-13] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Nix, Robert N. C. [D-PA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pattison, Edward W. [D-NY-29] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Snyder, M. G. (Gene) [R-KY-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Treen, David C. [R-LA-3] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/5518
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/hr/5518
- us · 95-hr-5518 · source updated 1 August 2024