STUDY OF ADULTERATION OF JUICE PRODUCTS SOLD TO SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS

SEC. 125. STUDY OF ADULTERATION OF JUICE PRODUCTS SOLD TO SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS (a) In General.— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the costs and problems associated with the sale of adulterated fruit juice and juice products to the school lunch program under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), including a study of— (1) the nature and extent to which juice products have been and are currently being adulterated; (2) the adequacy of current requirements and standards to preclude manufacturers from processing adulterated products for school meal programs; (3) the availability and effectiveness of various detection methods and testing procedures used to identify adulterated juice products; (4) the adequacy of existing enforcement mechanisms and efforts to detect and prosecute manufacturers of adulterated juice products; (5) the economic effect of the sale of adulterated juice products on the school meal program and on manufacturers of the products; and (6) the effect alternative mandatory inspection methods would have on program costs and various purchasing options. (b) Report.— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report on the study conducted under subsection (a) (including any related recommendations) to the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on Agriculture, of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.