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{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| shorttitle = Infant Formula Act of 1980
| othershorttitles = 
| longtitle = An Act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen the authority under that Act to assure the safety and nutrition of infant formulas, and for other purposes.
| colloquialacronym = IFA
| nickname = 
| enacted by = 96th
| announced by = <!--like "enacted by" but for proposed/unpassed legislation-->
| effective date = 
| public law url = 
| cite public law = {{uspl|96|359}}
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|94|1190}}
| acts amended = {{uspl|75|717}}, {{usstat|52|1040}}, Chap. 675
| acts repealed = 
| title amended = [[Title 21 of the United States Code|21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs]]
| sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|21|9|IV}} § 350a
| sections amended = {{Usc-title-chap|21|9|II}} § 321(z)
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| introducedin = House
| introducedbill = {{USBill|96|HR|6940}}
| introducedby = [[Henry Waxman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[California|CA]])
| introduceddate = March 26, 1980
| committees = [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Energy and Commerce]], [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions]]
| passedbody1 = House
| passeddate1 = May 20, 1980
| passedvote1 = [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/96-1980/h890 388-15]
| passedbody2 = Senate
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| passeddate2 = September 8, 1980
| passedvote2 = Passed, in lieu of {{USBill|96|S|2490}}
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| agreedbody3 = House
| agreeddate3 = September 9, 1980
| agreedvote3 = Agreed
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| signedpresident = [[Jimmy Carter]]
| signeddate = September 26, 1980
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| amendments = [[Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986]]
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'''Infant Formula Act of 1980''', 21 U.S.C. § 350a, is a [[United States Statutes at Large|United States statute]] authorizing [[good manufacturing practice]]s and [[infant food safety]] for [[infant formula]] [[Packaging and labeling|packaged and labeled]] in the United States. The [[Act of Congress]] amended the [[Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act]] creating section 350a under subchapter IV entitled as [[Food]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26658602 |title=The Infant Formula Act of 1980: A Case Study of Congressional Delegation to the Food and Drug Administration |last=Levin |first=Toby Milgrom |date=January 1987 |journal=Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law Journal |volume=42 |issue=1 |publisher=Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) |jstor=26658602 |pages=101–154}}</ref>

The [[United States administrative law]] endorsed a [[nutrient]] [[Food composition data|composition]] standard promoting [[human nutrition]]. The [[Infant|neonatal]] nutritive composition was incipiently affirmed by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/40/5/916/43536/COMMITTEE-ON-NUTRITION-PROPOSED-CHANGES-IN-FOOD |title=Committee on Nutrition : Proposed Changes in Food and Drug Administration Regulations Concerning Formula Products and Vitamin-mineral Dietary Supplements for Infants |date=November 1967 |journal=Pediatrics |volume=40 |issue=5 |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |doi=10.1542/peds.40.5.916 |issn=1098-4275 |pages=916–921}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/40/5/922/43494/COMMITTEE-ON-NUTRITION-BABY-FOOD-AS-SPECIAL |title= Committee on Nutrition : Baby Food as Special Dietary Foods |date=November 1967 |journal=Pediatrics |volume=40 |issue=5 |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |doi=10.1542/peds.40.5.922 |issn=1098-4275 |pages=922–923}}</ref> The infant formula standard proposal orchestrated regulatory provisions for adequate nutrient levels as suitable for [[toddler nutrition]].

The H.R. 6940 [[Bill (law)|bill]] was passed by the 96th U.S. Congressional session and signed into law by U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] on September 26, 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251754 |title=Remarks on Signing Into Law the Infant Formula Act of 1980 |last=Carter |first=Jimmy |date=September 26, 1980 |website=The American Presidency Project ~ John Woolley and Gerhard Peters |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251762 |title=Infant Formula Act of 1980 Statement on Signing H.R. 6940 Into Law |last=Carter |first=Jimmy |date=September 26, 1980 |website=The American Presidency Project ~ John Woolley and Gerhard Peters |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4732203.1980.002.umich.edu/page/1936/ |title=Infant Formula Act of 1980 ~ Statement on Signing H.R. 6940 Into Law - September 26, 1980 |last=Carter |first=Jimmy |date=September 26, 1980 |series=Public Papers of the Presidents ~ Jimmy Carter 1980-81, Volume II |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=1936–1937}}</ref>

==FDA Nutritive Fortification of Federal Register==
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==Infant Formula and Pediatrics Supplementals==
*{{cite journal |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/57/2/278/78963/Commentary-on-Breast-Feeding-and-Infant-Formulas |title=Commentary on Breast-Feeding and Infant Formulas, Including Proposed Standards for Formulas |date=February 1976 |journal=Pediatrics |volume=57 |issue=2 |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |doi=10.1542/peds.57.2.278 |issn=1098-4275 |pages=278–285}}
*{{cite magazine |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000008645818&view=1up&seq=34 |title=Infant Formulas |date=November 1979 |magazine=FDA Drug Bulletin |location=Rockville, Maryland |via=HathiTrust Digital Library |publisher=U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare |page=30}}
*{{cite journal |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/66/3/366/74934/The-Dietary-Chloride-Deficiency-Syndrome |title=The Dietary Chloride Deficiency Syndrome |date=September 1980 |journal=Pediatrics |volume=66 |issue=3 |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |doi=10.1542/peds.66.3.366 |issn=1098-4275 |pages=366–374}}
* {{cite journal |url=https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/20/5/209/19754/New-infant-formula-additives-approved-by-FDA |title=New Infant Formula Additives Approved by FDA |date=May 2002 |journal=AAP News |volume=20 |issue=5 |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |issn=1556-3332 |pages=209–210}}

==See also==
*[[1977 Nestlé boycott]] 
*[[Child Nutrition Act]]
*[[2008 Chinese milk scandal]] 
*[[Nutrition facts label]]
* [[2022 United States infant formula shortage]]
*[[Regulatory Flexibility Act]]
* [[AOAC International]] 
*[[United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{CodeFedReg |21|106}}
* {{CodeFedReg |21|107}}
* {{cite web |url=https://cacmap.fda.gov/news-events/public-health-focus/infant-formula-information-and-ongoing-fda-efforts-increase-supply |title=Infant Formula |website=FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition |date=9 January 2023 |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.fns.usda.gov/infant-formula |title=Infant Formula |website=USDA Food and Nutrition Service |publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture}}

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