Harvest to Hue Act: Enhancing US Farmers’ Capacity for Natural Color Additives

Introduced by Rep. Mike Milller of Ohio (H.R. 3358)

Short Title

This Act may be cited as the “Harvest to Hue Act”.

The Congress finds that: United States farmers are at the forefront in providing healthy, nutritious agricultural products, and therefore poised to make valuable contributions to our Nation’s food supply resources. The foundation of our food supply rests on objective science and risk-based evaluation processes that support public health, transparency, and building consumer trust and safety.
The cultivation, growing, and harvesting of ingredients necessary to create natural colors at scale meeting consumer, food industry, and public health demands will ensure the continued integrity of food resources in the United States.

The Secretary of Agriculture shall:

Facilitate efforts within the Department of Agriculture to enhance the capacity of United States farmers to grow, produce, and harvest agricultural goods to be used as natural color additives in the food supply;
Promote collaboration among the Department of Agriculture, other Federal agencies, agriculture producers, and food industry partners to support and facilitate the production of natural color additives derived from agricultural components;
Focus research initiatives, within existing research capabilities, to support United States agriculture’s contribution to natural color additives resources.