House of Representatives
State of Utah
Madam Speaker:
The Business and Labor Committee has returned H.B. 205, PRODUCT LABELING
AMENDMENTS, by Representative B. Greene, to the Rules Committee with the following amendments:
modified food labeling law;
James A. Dunnigan
Voting: 14-0-2
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Senate shall appoint one member to
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correspond and
coordinate
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(3) The proposed multistate agreement shall have the following goals:
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(a) to encourage domestic food production in the United States;
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(b) to ensure that consumers have accurate and essential information as they choose
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food products for purchase
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(c) to not cause any unnecessary increase in the price of genetically modified
food.
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(4) Appointed members shall:
(i) the public; and
(ii) representatives of industries that could be affected by a genetically
(b) evaluate evidence-based data pertaining to genetically modified food;
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(a)
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(c)
produce a report with recommendations regarding a multistate
genetically modified
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food labeling agreement; and
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(b)
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(d)
present the report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and
Environment Interim
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Committee on or before November 30, 2015.
Respectfully,
Committee Chair
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Bill Number
*HB0205*
HB0205