H.R. 933
Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act of 2025
Sponsor: Scott Franklin
25 cosponsors
- Aaron Bean
- Anna Paulina Luna
- Brian J. Mast
- Byron Donalds
- Carlos A. Gimenez
- Cory Mills
- Daniel Webster
- Darren Soto
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Frederica S. Wilson
- Gus M. Bilirakis
- Jared Moskowitz
- John H. Rutherford
- Kat Cammack
- Kathy Castor
- Laurel M. Lee
- Lois Frankel
- Maria Elvira Salazar
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Maxwell Frost
- Mike Haridopolos
- Neal P. Dunn
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
- Vern Buchanan
- W. Gregory Steube
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act of 2025
This bill requires finished pasteurized orange juice to contain at least 10% by weight of orange juice soluble solids, exclusive of the solids of any added optional sweetening ingredients. (Current regulations require at least 10.5% by weight of orange juice soluble solids.)
Text of the bill
(a) In general. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice, established in section 146.140 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), shall be deemed to require finished pasteurized orange juice to contain not less than 10.0 percent by weight of orange juice soluble solids, exclusive of the solids of any added optional sweetening ingredients.
(b) Regulation authority. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice.