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H.R. 3553 (112th)

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

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Introduced

2 December 2011

Last action

9 December 2011 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]

Subjects

Agriculture

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14 August 2025

Agriculture

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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.

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Timeline

  1. 2 December 2011

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 December 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 2 December 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 9 December 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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