HR 4814
107th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Animals
Citizen lawsuits
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Agriculture
Fines (Penalties)
Food adulteration and inspection
Food contamination
Genetic engineering
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Judicial review of administrative acts
Labeling
Law
Legal fees
Livestock
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Introduced: May 22, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Jun 4, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Jun 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 22, 2002
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.
May 22, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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. 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 the FDCA, 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.