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Date:December 2, 2015–	Posted:News, Retailers Blog–	Comments:0–	Author:HibbertMcGee Wholesalers–
SUBJECT: CONSUMER PROTECTION – LABELING FOODS PRODUCED WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING
ATTORNEY GENERAL – PUBLIC PROTECTION DIVISION
(1) “Clear and conspicuous” means presented in such a manner, given its font, size, color, contrast and proximity to other disclosures on the shelf, bin, container or package as to be readily noticed and understood by consumers. A disclosure is not clear and conspicuous if, among other things, it is obscured by the background against which it appears.
(2) “Commingle” means permitting physical contact between unpackaged food produced without genetic engineering and unpackaged food produced with genetic engineering during production, processing, transportation, storage or handling, other than during the manufacture of a multi-ingredient product containing both types of food. Unpackaged food in a closed container identifying it as produced without genetic engineering is not commingled while the container is intact.
(3) “Consumer,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. §§ 2451a and 3042, means any person who purchases, leases, contracts for, or otherwise agrees to pay consideration for goods or services not for resale in the ordinary course of his or her trade or business but for his or her use or benefit or the use or benefit of a member of his or her household, or in connection with the operation of his or her household or a farm whether or not the farm is conducted as a trade or business, or a person who purchases, leases, contracts for, or otherwise agrees to pay consideration for goods or services not for resale in the ordinary course of his or her trade or business but for the use or benefit of his or her business or in connection with the operation of his or her business.
(4) “Enzyme,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, means a protein that catalyzes chemical reactions of other substances without itself being destroyed or altered upon completion of the reactions.
(5) “Food” means (1) articles used for food or drink for humans, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article. Food does not include dietary supplements, as defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321(ff), or drugs, as defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321(g).
(6) “Genetic engineering,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, is a process by which a food is produced from an organism or organisms in which the genetic material has been changed through the application of:
The term “genetic engineering” does not encompass a change of genetic material through the application of traditional breeding techniques, conjugation, fermentation, traditional hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture.
(7) “Genetically engineered material” means any component of a food not exempt under section 121.03, in which any aspect or portion of the component has been produced with genetic engineering.
(8) “In vitro nucleic acid techniques,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, means techniques, including recombinant DNA or ribonucleic acid techniques, that use vector systems and techniques involving the direct introduction into the organisms of hereditary materials prepared outside the organisms such as micro-injection, chemoporation, electroporation, micro-encapsulation, and liposome fusion.
(9) “Know” means (1) to have actual knowledge of the information; or (2) to act in deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
(10) “Knowingly” means (1) having actual knowledge of the information; or (2) acting in deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
(11) “Label” (noun) means a display of written, printed, or graphic material on a packaged processed food or packaged raw agricultural commodity or any such material affixed to any shelf or bin in which an unpackaged raw agricultural commodity or unpackaged processed food is displayed for retail sale.
(12) “Label” (verb) means to affix a label or to print packaging that includes a label.
(13) “Manufacturer,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, means a person who:
(14) “Natural or any words of similar import” means the words nature, natural, or naturally.
(15) “Organism,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, means any biological entity capable of replication, reproduction, or transferring of genetic material.
(16) “Packaged” means offered for retail sale, fully or partially contained or wrapped in material, and upon which material a manufacturer is identified. For the purposes of this rule, “partially contained or wrapped” means more than one-third of the food is covered by packaging material.
(17) “Processed food,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, means any food other than a raw agricultural commodity and includes any food produced from a raw agricultural commodity that has been subjected to processing such as canning, smoking, pressing, cooking, freezing, dehydration, fermentation, or milling.
(18) “Processing aid,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, means:
(19) “Produce” (verb) means to develop, grow or process food.
(20) “Raw agricultural commodity,” as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3042, means any food in its raw or natural state, including any fruit or vegetable that is washed, colored, or otherwise treated in its unpeeled natural form prior to marketing.
(21) “Retail sale” means offering food for sale from a retail premises to a consumer for any purpose other than for resale. This term does not include isolated or occasional sales of food by a person who is not regularly engaged in the business of such sales.
(22) “Retail Premises” means the physical location in Vermont where a retailer offers food for retail sale to consumers.
(23) “Retailer” means a person located in Vermont offering any raw agricultural commodity or processed food for retail sale.
(24) “Segregate” means to require physical separation of food produced without genetic engineering from food that is produced with genetic engineering during production, processing, transportation, storage or handling, other than during the manufacture of a
(25) “Unpackaged” means offered for retail sale, but otherwise not “packaged” as defined in this rule, provided that, for the purposes of subsection 121.02(a)(ii) of this rule, processed foods are considered unpackaged if a retailer removes the packaging that contains any information required by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as referenced in 21 C.F.R. § 101.2(b), or any disclosure required by section 121.02 of this rule, prior to offering the food for retail sale, even if the food would otherwise meet the definition of “packaged” under this rule when offered for sale.
(i) For any unpackaged raw agricultural commodity, retailers shall post a label on or immediately adjacent to each sign that identifies the product or the product price with a clear and conspicuous disclosure reading “Produced with Genetic Engineering.” If there is no sign identifying the product or product price, the retailer shall post such label containing a clear and conspicuous disclosure reading “Produced with Genetic Engineering” on the bin, shelf or container in which the food is displayed.
(ii) For any unpackaged processed food, retailers shall post a label containing a clear and conspicuous disclosure reading “Produced with Genetic Engineering,” “Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering,” or “May be Produced with Genetic Engineering,” as appropriate under subsection 121.02(b)(ii), on the bin, shelf, or container in which the food is displayed.
(i) Disclosures on packaged, raw agricultural commodities shall be clear and conspicuous and shall read “Produced with Genetic Engineering.”
(ii) Disclosures on packaged, processed foods shall read “Produced with Genetic Engineering,” “Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering,” or “May be Produced with Genetic Engineering,” as appropriate.
(A) The disclosure “Produced with Genetic Engineering” shall be used when food was produced with genetic engineering, provided that:
(B) “Partially” may be used to modify “Produced with Genetic Engineering” only when a processed food contains less than 75% genetically engineered material by weight; and
(C) “May be” may be used to modify “Produced with Genetic Engineering” only when the food’s manufacturer does not know, after reasonable inquiry, whether the food is, or contains a component that is, produced with genetic engineering.
(iii)Disclosures on packaged, processed foods required by section 121.02(b) shall be located on the package so as to be easily found by consumers when viewing the outside of the package. Such disclosures shall be in any color that contrasts with the background of the package so as to be easily read by consumers, and shall be either: (1) in a font size no smaller than the size of the words “Serving Size” on the Nutrition Facts label required by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 21 C.F.R. § 101.9(d), or (2) in a font size no smaller than the Ingredient List required by 21 C.F.R. § 101.4(a) and printed in bold type-face. A disclosure that satisfies the font and color requirements of this rule and is located on the same panel as the Nutrition Facts Label or Ingredient List shall be presumed to satisfy the “easily found” requirement.
(i) The manufacturer of a food that is produced entirely or partially with genetic engineering and offered for retail sale in Vermont shall not make any statement about the food that contains the word natural or any words of similar import: (1) in advertising at or in the retail premises, (2) on signs identifying the product at the point of display in the retail premises, or (3) on the label of the food. This prohibition does not apply to a food’s trade, brand, or product name, or any information required by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as referenced in 21 C.F.R. § 101.2(b).
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the listing or identification of any ingredient or ingredients that were genetically engineered; or require the placement of the term “genetically engineered” or a similar phrase immediately preceding or following any common name or primary product descriptor of a food; or require the placement of any disclosure required under section 121.02 of this rule as “intervening material” under 21 C.F.R. § 101.2(e); or otherwise require adding to or amending the information required by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as referenced in 21 C.F.R. § 101.2(b).
(i) Food that has been certified as “organic” under 7 C.F.R. § 205.301 by an organization accredited to make such certifications under the USDA National Organic Program.
(iii)For the purposes of this rule, “prepared and intended for immediate consumption” includes: (1) food that is or may be purchased as a “taxable meal” as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 9202(10)(A), (B), (C); and (2) food as described in 32 V.S.A. § 9202(10)(D)(ii) except that food purchased under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as recognized in 32 V.S.A. § 9202(10)(D)(ii)(X) shall be subject to labeling unless otherwise exempt under this section.
(iv) For the purposes of this rule, an establishment is “primarily engaged in the sale of food prepared and intended for immediate consumption” if more than 50% of the establishment’s total sales of food in the previous taxable year is, or if the first taxable year is reasonably projected to be, food taxable under 32 V.S.A. § 9202(10)(B) and food taxable under 32 V.S.A. § 9202(10)(C) and food not exempt from taxation under 32 V.S.A. § 9202(10)(D).
For the purposes of subsection 121.04(b) only, the term “retailer” means any person who is primarily engaged in retail sales, regardless of whether they produce a processed food or raw agricultural commodity for retail sale.