Standardize food date labels to reduce consumer confusion and food waste.
One policy goal, tracked across every bill that has carried it.
What’s happening with Food Date Labeling Act of 2025?
The Food Date Labeling Act of 2025 remains in the House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture as of January 12, 2026. The subcommittee members must act next to advance the bill, but the binding constraint is the high rate of committee inaction that stops most legislation from reaching a floor vote. Similar efforts failed to pass in the 118th Congress, and this bill has seen no recorded progress since January 12, 2026.
Updated July 9, 2026 · Generated by AI. Always verify with official sources.
Where it stands
Now carried by Food Date Labeling Act of 2025 (H.R. 4987 (119th)) →
Legislative Progress
How we got here
Every bill that has carried this goal, oldest first.
Died with Congress · Jan 3, 2025
Died when the 118th Congress ended without final passage. Bills must be reintroduced under a new number to be revived.
Reintroduced · Jan 3, 2025
Reintroduced from H.R. 3159 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 3159 (118th) →Reintroduced · Jan 3, 2025
Reintroduced from S. 1484 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 1484 (118th) →
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Who’s behind it
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)Wrote and sponsored the current bill.