CURD Act
- Bill Number
- S. 184
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Health
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T21:45:12Z
Official Summary
Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act or the CURD Act
This bill establishes a statutory definition for natural cheese. Under the bill, natural cheese is defined as cheese (ripened or unripened soft, semi-soft, or hard) that is produced from animal milk or certain dairy ingredients and is produced in accordance with established cheese-making standards. The definition excludes pasteurized process cheeses, cheese foods, and cheese spreads.
A food that does not meet this definition is deemed misbranded and may not be sold if its label includes the term natural cheese as a factual descriptor of a category of cheese.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (6)
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Recent Actions
- 2025-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-01-22: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act — issued 2025-01-22 — PDF (5 pages)