,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fadb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjaf,mr4 ,duffy 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,mac,arthur1 ,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler1    
,mr4 ,lo,biondo1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4    
,kind1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4
 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,neal1   
,mr4 ,heck of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 and
 ,mr4 ,ratcliffe7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend section #djc7q7 of 
the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic
 ,act to prohibit the ,food and ,drug   
,administration from requiring the      
percent of daily value of added sugars  
to be included in the labeling of       
certain nutrient-dense foods1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,fruit         
,labeling ,accuracy ,act of #bjaf4  #b4 
,findings ,the ,congress finds as       
follows3  7#a7 ,the #bjae-bjbj ,dietary 
,guidelines for ,americans1 published by

 the ,department of ,health and ,human  
,services and the ,department of        
,agriculture1 recognize that there is   
room for ,americans to include limited  
amounts of added sugars in their eating 
patterns1 including to improve the      
palatability of some nutrient-dense     
foods1 such as fruits and vegetables    
that are naturally tart 7e4g4           
cranberries and rhubarb74  7#b7 ,the    
,department of ,agriculture regulations 
establishing nutrition standards for all
 foods sold in schools establish an     
exemption to standards for added sugars 
for dried whole fruits1 or pieces1 with 
nutritive sweeteners that are required  
for processing and_/or palatability     
purposes 7i4e4 cranberries1 tart        
cherries1 or blueberries 74 7#gh ,fed4  
,reg4 #abe2 ,june #bh1 #bjac74  7#c7    
,the ,food and ,drug ,administration    
finalized a rule on nutrition and       
supplement fact labels 7#ha ,fed4 ,reg4 
#ccgda2 ,may #bg1 #bjaf7 that requires  
the inclusion of the amount of added    

sugars1 in grams1 and the percent daily 
value of added sugars4 ,the rule also   
recognizes that a healthy dietary       
pattern is characterized by a higher    
consumption of ''' fruits2 that sugar   
occurring naturally in fruit is not a   
concern because of the nutrients        
delivered by the fruit1 that added sugar
 is not different than naturally        
occurring sugar1 that foods such as     
cranberries contain significant amounts 
of beneficial nutrients as well as added
 sugars4  7#d7 ,the declaration of added
 sugars required by such rule will      
likely confuse consumers and lead them  
to misjudge fruit products containing   
added sugars to be less nutritious      
despite their beneficial nutrients4  #c4
 ,fruit labeling accuracy ,paragraph 7q7
 of section #djc of the ,federal ,food1 
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4
 #cdc7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#f7 ,fruit labeling    
accuracy  7,a7 ,in general ,the         
,secretary shall not1 pursuant to       

subparagraph 7#a77;,d71 subparagraph    
7#b77;,a71 or any other provision of    
this paragraph1 require the percent of  
daily value of added sugars to be       
included in the labeling of--  7i7 dried
 naturally tart fruits2 or  7ii7 juice  
beverages that--  7,i7 are made with at 
least #bg percent juice of a naturally  
tart fruit2 and  7,,ii7 contain no more 
than #bh grams of total sugars per      
serving or #aaj calories per serving4   
7,b7 ,definitions ,in this subparagraph3
 7i7 ,the term ,brix_/,acid ratio means 
the ratio of the degrees ,brix of a     
fruit to the grams of anhydrous citric  
acid per #ajj grams of the fruit4  7ii7 
,the term degrees ,brix means the       
percent by weight concentration of the  
total soluble solids of a fruit when    
tested with a refractometer with        
reference to the refractive index of a  
sucrose solution4  7iii7 ,the term      
naturally tart fruit means-- 7,i7 a     
fruit that in its raw state has an      
average of total sugars of less than #e 

percent and an average ,brix_/,acid     
ratio of six or less2 and  7,,ii7 any   
other fruit or vegetable that the       
,secretary reasonably determines by     
regulation is comparably low in natural 
sugar4  4