Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015
Latest action · Oct 29, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 29, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. The nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board must include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole menu item; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per common unit of the item, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer. Nutritional information may be provided solely by a remote-access menu (e.g., an Internet menu) for food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off-premises.
Establishments with self-serve food may comply with the requirements for restaurants or place signs with nutritional information adjacent to each food item.
An establishment’s nutrient content disclosures have a “reasonable basis” if they are within acceptable allowances for variation, including variations in serving size or ingredients and inadvertent human error in formulation.
Establishments with standard menu items that come in different flavors, varieties, or combinations, that are listed as a single menu item can determine and disclose nutritional information using specified methods or methods allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Regulations pursuant to this Act or the clause amended by this Act cannot take effect earlier than two years after final regulations are promulgated pursuant to this Act.
The FDA may not exempt states from nutrition labeling requirements.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2015 to Sep 14, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Mar 8, 2016 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | May 17, 2016 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Jun 20, 2016 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Sep 14, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Oct 29, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2017 | Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015 | Related bill | Feb 22, 2016 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in Senate
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