H.R. 3553 · 112th Congress
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Dennis Kucinich
- Introduced
- 2011-12-02
- Latest action
- 2011-12-09 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 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 FFDCA, 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.