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CO HB1102
Bill
Status
3/1/2019
Primary Sponsor
Rod Pelton
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AI Summary
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Defines food as misbranded if labeled as "meat" or a cut of meat without being primarily derived from livestock as defined in Colorado law.
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Requires cultured or lab-grown meat to include the terms "lab-grown" or "artificially cultured" as modifiers on all meat-related descriptions on labeling and packaging.
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Classifies cultured meat as misbranded if most cells were not grown within the physical body of living livestock and lacks required labeling modifiers.
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Takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the 2019 general assembly (August 2, 2019) unless subject to referendum petition, in which case requires voter approval in November 2020.
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Applies to all food labeled or packaged on or after the effective date of the act.
Legislative Description
Nonanimal And Lab-grown Meat Misbranding
Agriculture
Last Action
House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
3/1/2019