‘‘(4) RIGHT OF SECRETARY TO INTERVENE.— 
In any civil action under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary, if not a party, may intervene as a matter of 
right. 
‘‘(5) AWARD OF COSTS; FILING OF BOND.—In 
a civil action under paragraph (1), the district court 
involved may award costs of litigation (including rea-
sonable attorney and expert witness fees) to any 
party whenever the court determines such an award 
is appropriate. The court may, if a temporary re-
straining order or preliminary injunction is sought, 
require the filing of a bond or equivalent security in 
accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Proce-
dure. 
‘‘(6) SAVINGS
PROVISION.—This subsection 
does not restrict any right that a person (or class of 
persons) may have under any statute or common law 
to seek enforcement of the provisions referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A), or to seek any other relief (includ-
ing relief against the Secretary).’’. 
(b) INCLUSION
OF LABELING REQUIREMENTS
IN 
DEFINITION OF MISBRANDED.—Section 1(n) of the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(n)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(11); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following para-
graph: 
‘‘(13) if it fails to bear a label or labeling as re-
quired by section 7A.’’. 
SEC. 5. LABELING REGARDING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED 
MATERIAL; 
AMENDMENTS 
TO 
POULTRY 
PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Poultry Products Inspec-
tion Act is amended by inserting after section 8 (21 
U.S.C. 457) the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 8A. REQUIREMENTS FOR LABELING REGARDING GE-
NETICALLY ENGINEERED MATERIAL. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘genetically engineered material’ 
means material derived from any part of a geneti-
cally engineered organism, without regard to wheth-
er the altered molecular or cellular characteristics of 
the organism are detectable in the material (and 
without regard to whether the organism is capable 
of use as human food). 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘genetically engineered organism’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) an organism that has been altered at 
the molecular or cellular level by means that are 
not possible under natural conditions or proc-
esses (including but not limited to recombinant 
DNA and RNA techniques, cell fusion, micro-
encapsulation, macroencapsulation, gene dele-
tion and doubling, introducing a foreign gene, 
and changing the positions of genes), other 
than a means consisting exclusively of breeding, 
conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in 
vitro 
fertilization, 
tissue 
culture, 
or 
mutagenesis; and 
‘‘(B) an organism made through sexual or 
asexual reproduction (or both) involving an or-
ganism described in subparagraph (A), if pos-
sessing any of the altered molecular or cellular 
characteristics of the organism so described. 
‘‘(b) LABELING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED
LABELING
TO
AVOID
MIS-
BRANDING.— 
‘‘(A) INVOLVEMENT OF GENETICALLY EN-
GINEERED
MATERIAL.—For purposes of sec-
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