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MI HB4982
Bill
Status
6/10/2021
Primary Sponsor
Beau LaFave
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AI Summary
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Replaces "shall" with "must" throughout Section 7129 of the Food Law for consistency in mandatory language requirements.
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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.
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Prohibits labeling or identifying laboratory-grown meat substitutes as "meat."
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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.
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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