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H.R. 5269: Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

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H.R. 5269: Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-05-02 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-05-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture . Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

Plain summary

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. Requires the periodic testing of such foods transferred along a chain of distribution to assure accuracy of labels, subject to specified exceptions. Excludes, in all three Acts, food: (1) served in restaurants; or (2) prepared primarily in a retail establishment, ready for human consumption, but not offered for sale for immediate consumption in the establishment. Excludes, for the FDCA, a medical food as defined in the Orphan Drug Act. Subjects violators to civil monetary penalties, exempting recipients who accept a guarantee of the absence of genetically engineered material in good faith or producers whose food inadvertently becomes contaminated by genetically engineered material. Authorizes citizen suits as specified.

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Official text

Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · 17 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5269 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109