Bill Text: MO HB1477 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires all food or food products sold in Missouri which are derived from a cloned animal to be labeled indicating that the food is or contains products derived from cloned animals

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-14 - Referred: Agri-Business (H) [HB1477 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2010-HB1477-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1477

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES HUGHES (Sponsor) AND WALTON GRAY (Co-sponsor).

4060L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 196, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the labeling of food.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 196, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 196.147, to read as follows:

            196.147. 1. All food and food products, including but not limited to livestock or livestock products, poultry or poultry products, or milk or dairy products, sold in this state that are derived from cloned animals shall be labeled indicating that they are or contain products derived from cloned animals.

            2. As used in this section, "cloned animal" shall mean an animal produced by replacing all the genetic material in an egg with a mature cell containing the complete genetic code from the donor.

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