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2024 SESSION
24-2145.1
08/10
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the use of mRNA technology in food sold in New Hampshire and requires the labeling of lab grown meat and food products containing insects.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2145.1
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Public Health; Labeling of Lab Grown Meat and Food Products Containing Insects. Amend RSA 146 by inserting after section 21 the following new subdivision:
Labeling of Lab Grown Meat and Food Products Containing Insects
146:22 Short Title. This chapter may be cited as the "food is freedom act."
146:23 Meat Prohibitions and Labeling.
I. In this subdivision:
(a) “Lab grown meat” means meat that is developed from animal cells and grown, with the help of nutrients like amino acids, in massive bioreactors. "Lab grown meat" shall include cultivated meat or cell-based meat.
(b) "mRNA technology" means messenger RNA injected into animals by way of vaccination or genetic nanotechnology material inside of a protective casing added into plant cells.
II. Lab grown meat shall be clearly labeled “lab grown meat” on the front of the package. Any additional ingredients necessary for the manufacture of the product along with the name and address of the lab in which the lab grown meat was produced shall appear on the ingredient label on the back of the package. This label may not be replaced with an FDA Smart Label or any equivalent."
III. No food sold in the state of New Hampshire shall have mRNA technology added to it. Any food determined to contain mRNA technology shall be confiscated by the commissioner of the department of health and human services and the manufacturer fined $10,000 per item discovered. The introduction of mRNA technology into the food supply shall be considered intentional poisoning and shall be a class A felony.
146:24 Insects in Food; Labeling. Food containing insects as an ingredient shall be clearly labeled on the front of the package as “Contains Insects”. The ingredient label shall specify which insects were used in the manufacture of the food product. Failure to declare insects as an ingredient or to specify which insects shall result in the commissioner of the department of health and human services confiscating and destroying all products not properly labeled at the expense of the manufacturer plus the assessment of a fine of $1,000 per item that was not properly labeled.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.