Climate-Friendly Food Label Task Force Act
Sponsored By: Representative Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a federal advisory panel to design a lifecycle-based "climate-friendly" certification for agricultural products. It would pause federal rules, guidance, certifications, or advertising that call products "climate-friendly" until the panel delivers its report within one year.
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- Consumers and families: Aims to give shoppers clearer climate information and more choices through a potential market-driven label tied to lifecycle emissions and other production impacts.
- Producers and food companies: Would bring industry voices into the design process and could channel producers toward reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions if a certification is later adopted.
- Federal agencies and scientists: Requires at least one representative each from the Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, and the National Academy of Sciences and asks the panel to recommend how to measure emissions, water use, land-use effects, and any other criteria it finds appropriate.
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Study panel and pause on climate labels
This bill would create an advisory panel to study a climate-friendly food label. The Secretary of Agriculture would appoint members from science, environmental groups, the food and farm industry, and other stakeholders. It would also include at least one member from USDA, EPA, CDC, FDA, and the National Academy of Sciences. Within 1 year of enactment, the panel would send a report to USDA and Congress on how to measure life‑cycle greenhouse gases, water use, and land impacts, and how a market-based label could work. USDA would post the report online, and until Congress gets it, USDA could not issue rules, give guidance, or certify or advertise any product as “climate-friendly.”
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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