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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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S.B. No. 2052 
Introduced by SENATOR COMPAfiERA PIA S. CAYETANO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Biotechnology is now recognized as having great potentials for the 
otion of human well-being, particularly in meeting critical needs for food, 
biotechnology cannot be enjoyed fully by Filipinos unless certainties 
regarding their risk to human health and environment are eliminated. As of 
this recent time, the non-hazardous nature of GMOs has yet to be 
established thus consumers must be given the informed choice on whether or 
not the product they are buying contained or were derived from GMOs. This 
can only be achieved by requiring these products to be properly labeled as 
such. 
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culture and health care. However, these 
products of modern 
For this reason, approval of this Bill is urgently sought. 
SEN. COM+ANER# PIA s. CAYETANO 


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S. B. No. 2052 
Introduced by: Senator “COMPANERA” PIA S. CAYETANO 
AN ACT 
PRESCRIBING THE PROPER LABELING OF PLANTS, FOOD AND PRODUCTS 
CONTAINING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM AND/OR ARE RESULT OF 
BIOTECHNOLOGY, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREFOR AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SFCTION 1. Title.- 
This Act shall be known as the “Genetically Modified 
Organism and Biotechnology Labelling Act of 2005.” 
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SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. - 
“GMO” shall mean any biological entity that possesses a novel combination of 
genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology. 
“BIOTECHNOLOGY” shall mean (i) recombinant nucleic acid techniques 
involving the formation of new combinations of genetic material by the insertion 
of nucleic acid molecules produced by whatever means putside an organism, 
into any virus, bacteria, plasmid or other vector system and their incorporation 
into a host organism in which they do not naturally occur but in which they are 
capable of continued propagation; (ii) techniques involving the direct introduction 
into an organism of heritable material prepared outside the organism including 
micro-injection, macro-injection and micro-encapsulation; and (iii) cell fusion, 
including protoplast fusion, or hybridization techniques where live cells with new 
combinations of heritable genetic material are formed through the fusion of two 
or more cells by means of methods that do not occur naturally. 


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c. “PLANT” shall mean any living stage or form of any member of the plant 
kingdom and parts thereof, including seeds, rhizomes, bulbs and corms, grafts, 
leaves, roots, scions and others that may be used for propagation. 
d. “FOOD” shall mean any substance taken from an organism which is intended as 
a source of nutrition and supplement of humans. 
e. “PRODUCTS” shall mean any other substance taken from an organism which is 
not characterized as Food. 
f. “DENR shall mean the Department of Natural Resources. 
g. “NCBP” shall mean the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines. 
h. “BFAD” shall mean the Bureau of Food and Drugs. 
i. “DA“ shall mean the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. Labeling of Plants, Food and Products. -All Plants, Food, and Products 
must be labeled as such which must contain, among others, a statement on the 
following: 
a. Tqat the Plants, Food or Products contain or are derived from a GMO; 
b. The Biotechnology used to genetically modify the organism: 
c. That the Plant, Food or Product has undergone risk assessment and the results 
thereof; 
d. That the Plant, Food or Product had been authorized for distribution by the DA or 
BFAD. 
SEC. 4. Duty of NCBP. - The NCBP shall promulgate the necessary 
implementing rules and regulation for the complete and proper implementation of this 
Act. 
SEC. 5. Duty of the DA, DENR and WAD. - The DA, DENR and BFAD shall 
prepare a complete list of Plants, Food and Products containing GMOs authorized to be 
distributed in the country. 


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SEC. 6. Penalty for Violation. - Any person who knowingly distribute Plants, 
Food or Products containing or derived from GMOs without the proper label shall suffer 
imprisonment of one month and one day to six months imprisonment and/or a fine in 
the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos to One Hundred Thousand at the discretion of the 
court. 
SEC. 7. Separability Clause.- If any part, section, or provision of this Act shall 
be held invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 8. Repealing Clause.- The Revised-Penal Code and all other acts, laws, 
executive orders, presidential issuances, rules and regulations or any part thereof which 
are inconsistent herewith are hereby deemed repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 9. €ffecfivify. -The provisions of this Act shall take effect six months from 
its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of 
general circulation. 
Approved, 
P