Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING TRANS FAT LABELING REQUIREMENTS ON FOOD PRODUCT LABELS AND BANNING HARMFUL TRANS FATS IN FOOD
Third Reading Copy link (HRep)
Date filed
July 2, 2007
Scope
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00615 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ESTABLISHING TRANS FAT LABELING REQUIREMENTS ON FOOD PRODUCT LABELS AND BANNING HARMFUL TRANS FATS IN FOOD | |
| SHORT TITLE : "The Trans Fat Labeling Act" | |
| ABSTRACT : "The Trans Fat Labeling Act". The bill requires all food manufacturers to indicate in their label the amount of trans fat contained in their food product and to ban harmful trans fats in foods in the country. It provides that in a "free of trans fatty acids" claim, the content of trans fat acids should be less than one (1) gram per one hundred (100) grams of the individual oil or the individual fat in the finished product. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VILLAFUERTE, LUIS R. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Pingoy | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Roxas (007 ) | 2. Codilla (056 ) |
| 3. Villarosa (057 ) | |
| AUTHORS(Final/Third Reading) : | |
| 1. Gonzales (N.) | 2. De Guzman |
| 3. Agbayani | 4. Velarde |
| 5. Romulo | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Committee Report filed on 2008-12-03 | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01554 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2008-12-03 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: HEALTH | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON 2007-07-30 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2008-12-08 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2009-02-25 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| FINAL LIST OF AUTHORS : Gonzales (N.), De Guzman, Agbayani, Velarde, Romulo | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2009-02-25 | |
| REMARKS : On Feb. 25, 2009, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure; terminated the period of sponsorship and debate; terminated the period of amendments; and approved the same on Second Reading. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2009-03-03 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2009-03-05 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:173 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2009-03-11 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2009-03-11 | |
| REMARKS : |
Abstract
"The Trans Fat Labeling Act". The bill requires all food manufacturers to indicate in their label the amount of trans fat contained in their food product and to ban harmful trans fats in foods in the country. It provides that in a "free of trans fatty acids" claim, the content of trans fat acids should be less than one (1) gram per one hundred (100) grams of the individual oil or the individual fat in the finished product.
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