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MI HB4947
Bill
Status
9/11/2019
Primary Sponsor
Beau LaFave
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AI Summary
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Replaces archaic language by changing "shall" to "must" throughout food labeling requirements in Michigan's Food Law.
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Prohibits labeling or identifying laboratory-grown meat substitutes as "meat."
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Requires meat products using antioxidants to disclose their presence and purpose on labels or adjacent placards.
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Requires meat products containing monosodium glutamate or hydrolyzed vegetable protein to disclose these ingredients on labels or adjacent placards.
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Maintains existing requirements that meat products named after a single meat species must contain only that meat species, or if multiple meats are named, must contain at least 20% of each type.
Legislative Description
Food; other; labeling as meat a laboratory-grown meat substitute; prohibit. Amends sec. 7129 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.7129).
Food: other
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/12/2019
9/12/2019