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HR 5577 111th Congress House Agriculture and Food Civil actions and liability Food supply, safety, and labeling Genetics

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

Introduced: June 23, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Nov 16, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
Jun 23, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 23, 2010
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.
Jun 23, 2010
Referred to House Agriculture
Jun 23, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), 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 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 November 16, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 29, 2010
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 22, 2010
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 22, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 30, 2010
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 29, 2010
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 13, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5577: Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5577/
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"H.R. 5577: Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5577/.
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