File #: 001392    Version: Name: Genetically Engineered Food
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
Introduced: 7/31/2000 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 12/18/2000 Final action: 12/28/2000
Enactment date: Enactment #: 1070-00
Title: Resolution urging the FDA, EPA, and USDA to research, regulate, clearly label, and consider a temporary moratorium on all genetically engineered foods until proven safe for human health and the environment; urging liability be assigned to commercial developers of genetically engineered food; urging major food companies which have removed genetically engineered ingredients from their food products in Europe to stop using genetically engineered ingredients in their products in the United States; urging that additional information be provided to consumers regarding the use of genetically engineered ingredients in food products; and asking that copies of this resolution be sent to relevant parties.
Sponsors: Gavin Newsom, Sue Bierman, Mark Leno, Alicia Becerril
Attachments: 1. Leg_Final
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