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MI HB4982

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/10/2021

Primary Sponsor

Beau LaFave

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Replaces "shall" with "must" throughout Section 7129 of the Food Law for consistency in mandatory language requirements.

  • Restructures food labeling requirements for closed or sealed packages into a bulleted list requiring: true product name, ingredient statement (if multi-ingredient), net weight, and manufacturer name and address.

  • Prohibits labeling or identifying laboratory-grown meat substitutes as "meat."

  • Updates meat product labeling rules to require disclosure of antioxidants and monosodium glutamate sources, and clarifies that meat products named for a single meat species must be entirely from that species, while multi-species products must contain at least 20% of each meat type listed.

  • Maintains requirement that all labeling words and numbers must be legible to customers.

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 06/10/2021

6/15/2021

Committee Referrals

Agriculture6/10/2021

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