National Uniformity for Food Act of 2001

H.R. 2649, the National Uniformity for Food Act of 2001, sought to create a single set of federal standards for food safety and labeling across the United States. The bill would have prohibited states from enforcing their own food safety requirements or warning labels unless they were identical to federal regulations established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

For citizens, this would have meant that food packaging and safety warnings would be consistent regardless of which state a product was purchased in. While the bill allowed states to petition for exemptions in cases of "imminent hazards" to public health, it generally aimed to eliminate the patchwork of varying state-level regulations, such as California’s Proposition 65 warnings, in favor of a unified national standard.