A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a health warning on the labels of bottles containing alcoholic beverages.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 21, 1988)
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require one of several specified health warnings to appear on the labels of bottles containing alcoholic beverages.
Specifies required contents, including warnings relating alcohol consumption to birth defects, impairment of driving ability, hypertension, liver disease, and possible addiction.
Directs that each such warning: (1) be in a conspicuous and prominent place on the container; (2) be randomly displayed by a manufacturer or packager in as equal a number of times as is possible on each brand of the beverage; and (3) be randomly distributed in all parts of the United States where such brand is marketed.
Exempts from the foregoing requirements alcoholic beverages sold or distributed for export or for consumption outside the United States, except those sold or distributed to members of the U.S. armed forces located outside of the United States.
Provides that compliance with the warning label requirements of this Act does not exempt any person from any common law duty to warn.
What just happenedOct 22, 1988
See H.R.5210.
Who’s behind it
- Oct 22, 1988CommitteeH19100
See H.R.5210.
Energy and Commerce Committee - May 9, 1988CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Apr 21, 1988IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 21, 1988IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 1988IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House