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HR 3377 106th Congress House

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly.

Introduced: November 16, 1999 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Administrative remediesAnimalsCommerceConsumer education
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Fines (Penalties)Food adulteration and inspectionFood contaminationGenetic engineeringGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkJudicial review of administrative actsLabelingLawLivestockMeat inspectionPoultry inspectionPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsTransgenic animalsTransgenic plants
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Nov 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Nov 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and Specialty Crops.
Nov 16, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Nov 16, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 30, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. 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 the FDCA, a medical food as defined in the Orphan Drug Act.

Subjects violators to civil monetary penalties. Exempts from the penalties: (1) any person (recipient) who establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by the person (residing in the United States) from whom the recipient in good faith received the food to the effect that the food does not contain or was not produced with a genetically engineered material; and (2) for the FDCA, an agricultural producer of a food that does not contain and was not produced with a genetically engineered material if the food becomes contaminated with a genetically engineered material (including by mingling the two), so long as the contamination was neither intentional nor negligent.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 11 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 23, 2000
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 11, 2000
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2000
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Feb 15, 2000
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 15, 2000
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Feb 1, 2000
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 1, 2000
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 1, 2000
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 1, 2000
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 1, 2000
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Nov 16, 1999
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 16, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 16, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 16, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 16, 1999
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Nov 16, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3377: Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3377/
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