Congress: 95th

Sponsor: Representative Mathis, Dawson (09/19/1978)

Committees: House - Agriculture; Commerce

Description: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from prohibiting the use of nitrites as a food preservative on the basis of any carcinogenic effect nitrites may be represented to have until the development of a satisfactory alternative food preservative.

Lastest Action: 09/19/1978 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.  (All Actions)

Official: H.R.14121 -- 95th Congress