To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to revise certain regulations related to infant and toddler beverages, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8412 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8412 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to revise certain regulations related to infant and toddler beverages, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2026 Ms. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to revise certain regulations related to infant and toddler beverages, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. INFANT AND TODDLER BEVERAGES. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall revise-- (1) section 101.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, to prohibit any beverage in powder or liquid form, other than infant formula, represented or purported to be for use by children more than 12 months old, from being identified as ``infant formula'' or use the term ``formula'' in combination with any other term; and (2) part 102 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, so that-- (A) in the case of any powdered or liquid milk- based beverage that claims to be for consumption by children 12 to 36 months of age, such beverage shall-- (i) use as its common or usual name a descriptive term such as ``milk-based drink''; and (ii) if the beverage contains added sugars, nonnutritive sweeteners, or flavorings, include in such common or usual name a qualifying term such as ``sweetened'' or ``flavored