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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 237 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem foods con- |
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| 6 | 6 | | taining xylitol as misbranded unless the label or labeling of such foods |
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| 7 | 7 | | contains a warning specifying the toxic effects of xylitol for dogs if |
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| 8 | 8 | | ingested, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY7, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHWEIKERTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to |
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| 16 | 16 | | deem foods containing xylitol as misbranded unless the |
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| 17 | 17 | | label or labeling of such foods contains a warning speci- |
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| 18 | 18 | | fying the toxic effects of xylitol for dogs if ingested, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paws Off Act of 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 237 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. XYLITOL LABEL AND LABELING REQUIREMENTS. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Section 403 of the Federal Food, 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(z) If it is a food that contains xylitol, unless the 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | label or labeling of such food contains a warning specifying 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the toxic effects of xylitol for dogs if ingested.’’. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) R |
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| 37 | 37 | | ULEMAKING.— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | NTERIM RULE.—Not later than 6 months 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | retary shall issue an interim final rule to carry out 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the amendment made by subsection (a). 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) F |
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| 44 | 44 | | INAL RULE.—Not later than 1 year after 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall issue a final rule to carry out the amendment 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | made by subsection (a). 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) S |
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| 49 | 49 | | ECRETARYDEFINED.—In this section, the term 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health and Human 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Drugs. 20 |
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