Congress: 95th

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

Committees: House - Agriculture

Description: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of nitrites as a food preservative on the basis of any carcinogenic effect nitrites may be represented to have until a satisfactory substitute preservative is commercially available.

Lastest Action: 09/19/1978 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.  (All Actions)

Official: H.R.14119 -- 95th Congress