To seek recommendations from the Commissioner of Food and Drugs regarding the need to establish labeling standards for personal care products for which organic content claims are made.

SA 2282. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback)
to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 7__. (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct
a study on the labeling of personal care products regulated
by the Food and Drug Administration for which organic content
claims are made. Such study shall include--
(1) a survey of personal care products for which the word
``organic'' appears on the label; and
(2) a determination, based on statistical sampling of the
products identified under paragraph (1), of the accuracy of
such claims.
(b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall--
(1) not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, submit to the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry, Appropriations, and Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions in the Senate and the Committees on Agriculture,
Appropriations, and Energy and Commerce in the House of
Representatives a report on the findings of the study under
subsection (a); and
(2) provide such Committees with any recommendations on the
need to establish labeling standards for personal care
products for which organic content claims are made, including
whether the Food and Drug Administration should have pre-
market approval authority for personal care product labeling.
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