Exhibit 533

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990, sec. 301 (7 U.S.C. 5341): Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Exhibit 533 · Statute

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990, sec. 301 (7 U.S.C. 5341): Dietary Guidelines for Americans

The information and guidelines contained in each report required under paragraph (1) shall be based on the preponderance of the scientific and medical knowledge which is current at the time the report is prepared.

Requires HHS and USDA to publish 'Dietary Guidelines for Americans' at least every five years, to be promoted by every federal food, nutrition or health program, and to be reviewed (sixty-day review) before any agency issues dietary guidance for the general population. The statute does not mention advisory committees, committee composition or conflicts of interest.

Source: U.S. Congress
Date: 22 October 1990
Quoted from: 7 U.S.C. 5341(a)(2)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/5341
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding AGR-4.1: Primary record The 1990 statute requires the Dietary Guidelines every five years, "based on the preponderance of the scientific and medical knowledge," and does not mention advisory committees, their membership or conflicts of interest. The Congressional Research Service records that appropriations language in 1980 and 1987 directed the external review and advisory group that became the standing committee.