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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3276 Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that no person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away any synthetic meat unless the package, container, or wrapping bears, in font of uniform size and prominence, the words "synthetic meat" so as to be readable and understood by the general public. Defines "synthetic meat" as animal flesh that is produced from progenitor cells in a bioreactor.
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| | HB3276 | | LRB098 08017 RPM 38108 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 12.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 620/12.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12.2. Synthetic meat. No person shall sell, deliver, |
| 8 | | offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away any synthetic meat |
| 9 | | unless the package, container, or wrapping bears, in font of |
| 10 | | uniform size and prominence, the words "synthetic meat" so as |
| 11 | | to be readable and understood by the general public.
As used in |
| 12 | | this Section, "synthetic meat" means animal flesh that is |
| 13 | | produced from progenitor cells in a bioreactor.
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