| Quality Cheese Act of
2001 (Introduced in the Senate)
S 117 IS
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 117
To prohibit products
that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products or casein from being labeled
as domestic natural cheese, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES
January 22, 2001
Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and
Mr. JEFFORDS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To prohibit products
that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products or casein from being labeled
as domestic natural cheese, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as
the `Quality Cheese Act of 2001'.
SEC. 2. NATURAL CHEESE STANDARD.
(a) FINDINGS- Congress finds
that--
(1)(A) any change in domestic
natural cheese standards to allow dry ultra-filtered milk products or casein
to be labeled as domestic natural cheese would result in increased costs
to the dairy price support program; and
(B) that change would be
unfair to taxpayers, who would be forced to pay more program costs;
(2) any change in domestic
natural cheese standards to allow dry ultra-filtered milk products or casein
to be labeled as domestic natural cheese would result in lower revenues
for dairy farmers;
(3) any change in domestic
natural cheese standards to allow dry ultra-filtered milk products or casein
to be labeled as domestic natural cheese would cause dairy products containing
dry ultra-filtered milk or casein to become vulnerable to contamination
and would compromise the sanitation, hydrosanitary, and phytosanitary standards
of the United States dairy industry; and
(4) changing the labeling
standard for domestic natural cheese would be misleading to the consumer.
(b) PROHIBITION- Section
401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341) is amended--
(1) by striking `Whenever'
and inserting `(a) Whenever'; and
(2) by adding at the end
the following:
`(b) The Commissioner may
not use any Federal funds to amend section 133.3 of title 21, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling), to include
dry ultra-filtered milk or casein in the definition of the term `milk'
or `nonfat milk', as specified in the standards of identity for cheese
and cheese products published at part 133 of title 21, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).'.
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