BILL NUMBER: SB 63	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Migden

                        JANUARY 16, 2007

   An act to add Section 110806 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to food labeling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 63, as introduced, Migden. Food labeling.
   Existing law provides that food is misbranded if, among other
things, it does not bear a label containing specified information.
Under existing law, a violation of the provisions relating to the
labeling of food products is a crime.
   This bill would require a manufacturer or producer of food for
human consumption that contains any product from a cloned animal or
its progeny to label the food to indicate that the food includes the
product of a cloned animal or its progeny, as specified. By creating
a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares its intent to enable
consumers in the state to make knowledgeable decisions about food
consumption based upon the disclosure of information regarding the
makeup of the food.
  SEC. 2.  Section 110806 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   110806.  (a) A manufacturer or producer of food for human
consumption that contains any product from a cloned animal or its
progeny shall label the food to indicate that the food includes the
product of a cloned animal or its progeny. This information shall be
displayed in a conspicuous and easily legible boldface print or type
that is in clear contrast to other matter on the package. The label
shall comply with the type size specifications in Section 101.105(i)
of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
   (b) For purposes of this section, a cloned animal means an animal
that arises directly from a somatic cell nuclear transfer event.
Progeny of a cloned animal means an animal derived from the sexual
reproduction of a cloned animal with another cloned animal or an
animal that is not cloned.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.