US Congress House Bill 3553 (Prior Session Legislation)

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December 9 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. Requires the periodic testing of such foods transferred along a chain of distribution to assure accuracy of labels, subject to specified exceptions. Excludes, in all three Acts, food: (1) served in restaurants; or (2) prepared primarily in a retail establishment, ready for human consumption, but not offered for sale for immediate consumption in the establishment. Excludes, for purposes of the FFDCA, a medical food as defined in the Orphan Drug Act. Subjects violators to civil monetary penalties, exempting recipients who accept a guarantee of the absence of genetically engineered material in good faith or producers whose food inadvertently becomes contaminated by genetically engineered material. Authorizes citizen suits as specified.

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Cicilline, David N.
Rep Clarke, Hansen	Rep Clarke, Yvette D.	Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep DeFazio, Peter A.
Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.
Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold
Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Polis, Jared	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh
Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete	Rep Thompson, Mike	Rep Tierney, John F.
Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.	Rep Young, Don

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-12-02	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-12-02	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2011-12-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03553:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3553ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3553ih.pdf