Cloned Food Labeling Act

Bill: 110-hr-992
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Animals
Citizen lawsuits
Cloning
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Legal fees
Livestock
Meat inspection
Parties to actions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Cloned Food Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to deem as misbranded a food or meat food product that contains any part of a cloned animal and does not bear a conspicuous label including a notice of that information.
 
Requires individuals to maintain a verifiable recordkeeping audit trail that will permit verification of compliance with this Act.
 
Deems as misbranded a food that bears a label indicating that it does not contain cloned product, unless the label is in accordance with applicable regulations that may not: (1) require such a label to include a statement indicating that the fact that a food does not contain such product has no bearing on the safety of the food for human consumption; and (2) prohibit such a label on the basis that, in the case of the type of food involved, there is no version of the food in commercial distribution that does contain such product.
 
Sets forth civil penalties for violation of this Act. Exempts a person who establishes a guaranty, signed by the person residing in the United States from whom the food was received in good faith, that the food does not contain any cloned product.
 
Allows a person to commence a civil action against a person who is alleged to have violated this Act or the applicable Secretary where a failure of the Secretary to perform any act or duty that is not discretionary is alleged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House