Joe Barton: “No. ``Identical'' is defined to mean that minor differences in wording…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2006

No. ``Identical'' is defined to mean that minor differences in wording are acceptable so long as they do not alter the underlying meaning of the provision. So, for example, Federal law provides that a food is adulterated ``if it contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the food injurious to health.'' This is often referred to as the basic adulteration provision of Federal law. State law that addresses the basic adulteration requirement will need to be the same as that provision of Federal law.

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