US Congress House Bill 3984 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 10 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Arsenic Prevention and Protection from Lead Exposure in Juice Act of 2012 or the APPLE Juice Act of 2012 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to promulgate final regulations establishing tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to limit the quantity of total arsenic and lead in beverages containing fruit juice. Requires the limitations on total arsenic and lead in such beverages to be no less stringent than the allowable level for total arsenic and lead in bottled water under the FFDCA. Provides that if there are no such tolerances in effect within two years, a beverage containing fruit juice shall be deemed to be adulterated if the quantity of total arsenic or lead in the beverage exceeds the limits of the allowable level for total arsenic or lead, respectively, in bottled water.

APPLE Juice Act of 2012

Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr.	Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.	Rep Doyle, Michael F.
Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lowey, Nita M.
Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Rush, Bobby L.
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Waxman, Henry A.
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-02-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03984:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3984ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3984ih.pdf