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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5269 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that 
food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced 
with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2006 
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. LEE, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. WA-
TERS, Mr. OLVER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER 
of California, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, and Mr. SHAYS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act to require that food that contains a ge-
netically engineered material, or that is produced with 
a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Labeling regarding genetically engineered material; amendments to Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
Sec. 4. Labeling regarding genetically engineered material; amendments to Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act. 
Sec. 5. Labeling regarding genetically engineered material; amendments to 
Poultry Products Inspection Act. 
Sec. 6. Effective date. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The process of genetically engineering foods 
results in the material change of such foods. 
(2) The Congress has previously required that 
all foods bear labels that reveal material facts to 
consumers. 
(3) Federal agencies have failed to uphold Con-
gressional intent by allowing genetically engineered 
foods to be marketed, sold and otherwise used with-
out labeling that reveals material facts to the public. 
(4) Consumers wish to know whether the food 
they purchase and consume contains or is produced 
with a genetically engineered material for a variety 
of reasons, including the potential transfer of aller-
gens into food and other health risks, concerns 
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about potential environmental risks associated with 
the genetic engineering of crops, and religiously and 
ethically based dietary restrictions. 
(5) Consumers have a right to know whether 
the food they purchase contains or was produced 
with genetically engineered material. 
(6) Labels voluntarily placed on foods are insuf-
ficient to provide consumers with adequate informa-
tion on whether or not all the food they are pur-
chasing contains or was produced with genetically 
engineered material. 
(7) Mandatory labeling provides a critical sci-
entific 
method 
necessary 
for 
the 
continual 
postmarket surveillance to study long-term health 
impacts and enforcement of food safety laws pre-
venting adulterated foods from reaching consumers. 
(8) Many of the United States’ key trading 
partners, including countries in the European 
Union, Japan, and the People’s Republic of China, 
have established, or are in the process of imple-
menting, mandatory labeling requirements for ge-
netically engineered food. 
(9) Adoption and implementation of mandatory 
labeling requirements for genetically engineered food 
produced in the United States would facilitate inter-
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