| HP0621 LD 898 |
Session - 126th Maine Legislature H "A" to C "A", Filing Number H-466, Sponsored by Chapman
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LR 1678 Item 3 |
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| Bill Tracking, Additional Documents | Chamber Status | ||
Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following:
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6116 in the first line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " Mandatory labeling" and inserting the following: ' Labeling'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6116 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 1, line 6 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " Label required." and inserting the following: ' Labeling prohibition'
’Amend the amendment by striking out all of the last paragraph (page 1, lines 13 to 16 in amendment) and inserting the following:
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6116 in subsection 1 in the 3rd and 4th lines (page 1, lines 8 and 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " unless labeled as provided in subsection 2" and inserting the following: ' if labeled with the same name as its nongenetically engineered counterpart unless the words "genetically engineered" appear immediately before the name in the same size, color and font type. For purposes of this section, "genetically engineered" means modified by recombinant DNA techniques or containing such a modification as the result of inheritance'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6116 by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 10 to 27 in L.D.)
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6116 by renumbering the subsections to read consecutively.
’summary
This amendment provides that a marine organism that has been genetically engineered may not be offered for sale for human consumption if labeled with the same name as its nongenetically engineered counterpart unless the words "genetically engineered" appear immediately before the name in the same size, color and font type.