US Congress Senate Bill 2621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1225-1226)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food that contains an ingredient from a genetically modified organism (GMO) to be labeled as genetically engineered. A food is exempt from this requirement if GMO ingredients account for less than 0.9% of the food's weight. A food is not subject to this requirement solely because: (1) a genetically engineered vaccine was used at any point in the production of the food, or (2) it was produced using a processing aid or enzyme that was produced from a GMO. The labeling requirements of this bill preempt state and local labeling requirements.

Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity Act

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1225-1226)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2621/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2621/BILLS-114s2621is.pdf