,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #af1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,harder of ,california 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,valadao7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the           
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs1 to   
establish a standard of identify for    
individual grades of olive oil and a    
grade standard for individual olive oil 
and olive-pomace oil grades1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,olive ,oil    
,standards ,act4  #b4 ,standards of     
identify and grade standards for olive  
oil  7a7 ,establishment of standards of 
identify ,the ,secretary of ,health and 
,human ,services1 acting through the    
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs 7in   
this section referred to as the         
,secretary71 shall establish a standard 

of identify under section #dja of the   
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cda7 for individual
 grades of olive oil4  7b7              
,establishment of grade standards  7#a7 
,in general ,the ,secretary shall       
establish for commercial producers1     
bottlers1 and marketers in the ,united  
,states a grade standard for individual 
olive oil and olive-pomace oil grades4  
7#b7 ,contents ,the grade standards     
shall include the following3  7,a7      
,quality and purity parameters for the  
following olive oil and olive-pomace oil
 grades3 7i7 ,extra virgin olive oil4   
7ii7 ,virgin olive oil4  7iii7 ,olive   
oil4  7iv7 ,refined olive oil4  7v7     
,lampante olive oil4  7vi7 ,olive-pomace
 oil4  7vii7 ,refined olive-pomace oil4 
7viii7 ,crude olive-pomace oil4  7,b7   
,methods of analysis1 according to      
,american ,oil ,chemist ,society1       
,international ,organization for        
,standardization1 or ,international     
,olive ,oil ,council accreditation      

methods1 to determine the               
characteristics of olive oils and       
olive-pomace oils4  7,c7 ,mandatory     
labeling requirements that are-- 7i7    
consistent with the establishment of    
grade standards under this paragraph2   
and  7ii7 in compliance with the        
requirements of subchapters ,a1 ,b1 ,d1 
,e1 and ,f of part #aja of title #ba1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or      
successor regulations74  7#c7 ,special  
rules  7,a7 ,extra virgin olive oil ,the
 quality parameters developed for extra 
virgin olive oil under paragraph        
7#b77;,a77i7 shall include              
pyropheophytin a 7,,ppp7 and #a1b       
diacylglycerols 7,,dag7 parameters4     
7,b7 ,labeling ,in developing labeling  
standards under paragraph 7#b77;,c71 the
 ,secretary shall ensure that-- 7i7 the 
name of the product is consistent with  
the stated grade2 and  7ii7 the         
descriptions of the product on the      
package avoid inappropriate and         
misleading messages4  7c7 ,report to    

,congress ,not later than #abj days     
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary shall transmit to  
,congress a report on the actions taken 
under this section4