Bill C-390

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	2nd Session, 35th Parliament, 45-46 Elizabeth II, 1996-97
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-390
	An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (labelling for prepackaged foods)
R.S., c. F-27; R.S., cc. 27, 31 (1st Supp.), c. 27 (3rd Supp.), c. 42 (4th Supp.); 1992, c. 1; 1993, cc. 34, 37, 44; 1994, cc. 26, 38, 47; 1995, c. 1; 1996, cc. 8, 16, 19	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. The Food and Drugs Act* is amended by adding the following after section 5:**
	5.1 (1) No prepackaged food shall be sold at retail that has been genetically altered or that contains an ingredient that has been genetically altered unless the prepackaged food has affixed to it a label containing a declaration, in the prescribed form,
	(a) stating that the prepackaged food or one of its ingredients, as the case may be, has been genetically altered; and
	(b) identifying the prepackaged food or listing the ingredients in the prepackaged food that have been genetically altered.
Definitions	(2) In this section,
``prepac- kaged food'' « aliment préemballé »	``prepackaged food'' means any food that is packaged in a container in such a manner that it is ordinarily sold to or used or purchased by a consumer without being re-packaged.
``genetic alteration'' « modifica- tion génétique »	``genetic alteration'' means genetic alteration or development through a prescribed biotechnological process.
	2. Subsection 30(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (l):
	(l.1) defining the term ``biotechnological process'' in section 5.1;