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Long Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ENTRY, SALE, PROCESSING, FIELD TESTING AND RELEASE OF CROPS AND FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) INTO AND WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
Date filed
August 23, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02224 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ENTRY, SALE, PROCESSING, FIELD TESTING AND RELEASE OF CROPS AND FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) INTO AND WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF | |
| SHORT TITLE : "GMO-Free Food and Agriculture Act of 2007" | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill aims to keep the country's food free from genetically modified organisms at this time when there are still unresolved questions as to their effects on human health and on the environment. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : OCAMPO, SATUR C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-08-23 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Casiño | 2. Beltran |
| 3. Maza | 4. Ilagan |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Mariano (010 ) | 2. Colmenares (072 ) |
| 3. Palatino (082 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE & FOOD ON 2007-09-04 |
Abstract
The bill aims to keep the country's food free from genetically modified organisms at this time when there are still unresolved questions as to their effects on human health and on the environment.
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