HOUSE BILL No. 4571


     April 8, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Varga and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        A bill to amend 1923 PA 30, entitled

   "An act to define cheese and to regulate the manufacture and sale
   of same within the limits of the state of Michigan; to provide
   for labeling and to prescribe a penalty,"

   (MCL 288.281 to 288.284) by adding section 1a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1A.  (1) A PERSON WHO SELLS, OFFERS FOR SALE, EXPOSES

 2    FOR SALE, OR POSSESSES WITH INTENT TO SELL CHEESE CONTAINING MILK

 3    OR A MILK PRODUCT DERIVED FROM A COW NOT TREATED WITH RBST MAY

 4    LABEL THAT CHEESE WITH A CONSPICUOUS NOTICE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE

 5    FOLLOWING FORM:

 6         "THIS PRODUCT WAS DERIVED FROM COWS NOT TREATED WITH RBST.

 7    RBST IS RECOMBINANT BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN, A RECOMBINANT BOVINE

 8    GROWTH HORMONE USED WITH LACTATING DAIRY COWS TO INCREASE MILK

 9    PRODUCTION.  NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN SHOWN BETWEEN

10    MILK DERIVED FROM RBST-TREATED AND NON-RBST-TREATED COWS.".


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 1         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RBST" MEANS RECOMBINANT BOVINE

 2    SOMATOTROPIN, A RECOMBINANT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE USED WITH A

 3    LACTATING DAIRY COW TO INCREASE MILK PRODUCTION.


















































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