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Get Additives Out Act

Floor Speech

Date: April 10, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Food Processing and Sales

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Ms. MENG. Madam Speaker, I rise today to announce the introduction of the Get Additives Out Act. This legislation would require a GAO report on the physical and behavioral health risks of food additives on children. As a mom of two boys, I am committed to ensuring more transparency in the foods that we eat. The effects of food additives, both in food products and in the packaging that touches food products, are dramatically under studied, particularly the impact on children as they enter critical stages of development. I urge my colleagues to join me in calling for more accountability on the foods that we consume and that we feed to our children. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the Get Additives Out Act.

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