Full Text of SB0627 100th General Assembly
SB0627 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB0627 Introduced 1/25/2017, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| | Creates the Genetically Engineered Food Right To Know Act. Provides that all foods containing genetically engineered material or produced with genetically engineered material must be clearly marked with a label placed in a conspicuous place that indicates that the food contains genetically engineered material or was produced with a genetically engineered material. Provides the specific language to be included on the label. Provides that the Department of Public Health may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of the Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Genetically Engineered Food Right To Know Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds all of the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | (1) Consumers wish to know whether the food they | 9 | | purchase and consume contains or is produced with a | 10 | | genetically engineered material for a variety of reasons, | 11 | | including the potential transfer of allergens into food and | 12 | | other health risks, concerns about potential environmental | 13 | | risks associated with the genetic engineering of crops, and | 14 | | religiously and ethically based dietary restrictions. | 15 | | (2) Consumers have a right to know whether the food | 16 | | they purchase contains or was produced with genetically | 17 | | engineered material. | 18 | | (3) Labels voluntarily placed on foods are | 19 | | insufficient to provide consumers with adequate | 20 | | information concerning whether or not all of the food they | 21 | | purchase contains or was produced with genetically | 22 | | engineered material. | 23 | | (4) Mandatory labeling provides a critical scientific |
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| 1 | | method necessary for the continual post market | 2 | | surveillance to study long-term health impacts and | 3 | | enforcement of food safety laws preventing adulterated | 4 | | foods from reaching consumers. | 5 | | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 6 | | "Food" includes an animal grown to become food for human | 7 | | consumption, a food product, a food ingredient, a dietary | 8 | | supplement, or a beverage. "Food" does not include a raw | 9 | | agricultural commodity. | 10 | | "Genetically engineered material" means material derived | 11 | | from any part of a genetically engineered organism, without | 12 | | regard to whether the altered molecular or cellular | 13 | | characteristics of the organism are detectable in the material. | 14 | | "Genetically engineered organism" means: | 15 | | (1) an organism that has been altered at the molecular | 16 | | or cellular level by means that are not possible under | 17 | | natural conditions or processes, including, but not | 18 | | limited to, recombinant DNA and RNA techniques, cell | 19 | | fusion, microencapsulation, macroencapsulation, gene | 20 | | deletion and doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and | 21 | | changing the positions of genes, other than a means | 22 | | consisting exclusively of breeding, conjugation, | 23 | | fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, | 24 | | tissue culture, or mutagenesis; and | 25 | | (2) an organism made through sexual or asexual |
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| 1 | | reproduction or both involving an organism described in | 2 | | paragraph (1) of this definition if it possesses any of the | 3 | | altered molecular or cellular characteristics of the | 4 | | organism. | 5 | | "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic | 6 | | matter upon an article or the immediate container, not | 7 | | including a package liner, of an article. | 8 | | Section 15. Label required. | 9 | | (a) All foods containing genetically engineered material | 10 | | or produced with genetically engineered material must be | 11 | | clearly marked with a label placed in a conspicuous place that | 12 | | indicates that the food contains genetically engineered | 13 | | material or was produced with a genetically engineered | 14 | | material. The label must contain the following language: | 15 | | "This product contains a genetically engineered material | 16 | | or was produced with a genetically engineered material.". | 17 | | (b) For purposes of this Section, a food is considered to | 18 | | have been produced with a genetically engineered material if: | 19 | | (1) the organism from which the food is derived has | 20 | | been injected or otherwise treated with a genetically | 21 | | engineered material, except that the use of manure as | 22 | | fertilizer for raw agricultural commodities may not be | 23 | | construed to mean that such commodities are produced with a | 24 | | genetically engineered material; | 25 | | (2) the animal from which the food is derived has been |
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| 1 | | fed genetically engineered material; or | 2 | | (3) the food contains an ingredient that has been | 3 | | subjected to treatment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of | 4 | | subsection (b) of this Section. | 5 | | Section 20. Rules. The Department of Public Health may | 6 | | adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this Act.
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