3.0.0 2546 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z Senate S S 2004-06-17 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-17T23:23:23Z 2004-06-17 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/18/2004 S7020-7023) IntroReferral 2004-06-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7019-7020) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agricultural research Agriculture in foreign trade Animals Biotechnology Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cotton Department of Agriculture Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental research Farm produce Food industry Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Genetic engineering Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Imports Internet Law Livestock Nutrition Pest control Proteins Public Lands and Natural Resources Risk Science, Technology, Communications Seeds Standards Trade secrets Transgenic animals Transgenic plants Agriculture and Food 00 2004-06-17 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-20T18:09:12Z Genetically Engineered Foods Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a producer to obtain pre-market approval before introducing any genetically engineered food into interstate commerce. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set forth regulations governing the approval process, including requirements for the approval of split use food (defined as genetically engineered food that could be used by both humans and animals, but is not marketed to humans).

Requires the Secretary to provide public notice, make the application and supporting material available to the public, and provide for public comment for genetically engineered foods and animals. Allows the Secretary to protect trade secrets under certain circumstances.

Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) programs to conduct testing to detect the presence of genetically engineered ingredients in foods; (2) programs to monitor the safety of approved genetically engineered foods; and (3) a public registry of such foods.

Requires genetically engineered animals and genetic engineering techniques intended to be used to produce animals to meet the same requirements for approval as new animal drugs.

Requires the Secretary to conduct environmental assessments to evaluate the potential effects of such genetically engineered animals.

Deems genetically engineered animals or foods that are not approved to be adulterated.

Sets forth provisions for the approval of any genetic engineering technique or any genetically engineered food or animal that entered into interstate commerce before enactment of this Act.

]]> Genetically Engineered Foods Act Display Title Genetically Engineered Foods Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require premarket consultation and approval with respect to genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Genetically Engineered Foods Act Introduced in Senate 2004-06-17T04:00:00Z 2004-06-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/18/2004 S7020-7023) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.