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In comments filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today, the four original co-sponsors of the Food Labeling Modernization Act urged the agency to finalize a new rule clarifying the use of “natural” on food labeling.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement ahead of Mother’s Day.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today wrote to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to demand that the agency shut down a Dole plant in Springfield, Ohio that is the source of a Listeria outbreak that killed four people and sickened dozens more.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalizing the tobacco deeming rule, which will be enforced in ninety days.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding news that the U.S. Department of the Treasury placed five countries—China, Japan, Germany, South Korea, and Taiwan—on a trade monitoring list.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today praised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for finalizing their long awaited guidance to industry on menu labeling. The FDA will now begin enforcing the menu labeling final rule in early May 2017 and ensure that consumers have adequate nutritional information when eating outside of the home.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today announced locations in Connecticut’s Third Congressional District for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This initiative aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.

Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation released the following statement after the House Homeland Security Committee voted yesterday in favor of legislation to delay any sale of Plum Island by requiring an additional comprehensive federal review of alternative management and use of the island: