HOUSE BILL No. 4569


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


        A bill to amend 1913 PA 222, entitled

   "Manufacturing milk act,"

   (MCL 288.101 to 288.117) by adding section 2g.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 2G.  (1) THE FOLLOWING PERSONS MAY LABEL A MILK PRO-

 2    DUCT, DAIRY PRODUCT, OR DRY MILK PRODUCT DERIVED FROM A COW NOT

 3    TREATED WITH RBST WITH A CONSPICUOUS NOTICE THAT THE PRODUCT WAS

 4    DERIVED FROM A COW NOT TREATED WITH RBST AS PROVIDED IN SUBSEC-

 5    TION (2):

 6         (A) THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A PLANT RECEIVING MILK FOR MAN-

 7    UFACTURE INTO A DAIRY PRODUCT OR MILK PRODUCT.

 8         (B) A LICENSED MILK HAULER.

 9         (C) THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A MILK PLANT.

10         (D) THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A PLANT MANUFACTURING OR

11    PROCESSING A DRY MILK PRODUCT.


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 1         (E) A DRY MILK PRODUCT PACKAGER OR REPACKAGER.

 2         (2) A NOTICE UNDER SUBSECTION (1) SHALL STATE IN SUBSTAN-

 3    TIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM:

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

 5    RBST IS RECOMBINANT BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN, A RECOMBINANT BOVINE

 6    GROWTH HORMONE USED WITH LACTATING DAIRY COWS TO INCREASE MILK

 7    PRODUCTION.  NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN SHOWN BETWEEN

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

 9         (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RBST" MEANS RECOMBINANT BOVINE

10    SOMATOTROPIN, A RECOMBINANT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE USED WITH A

11    LACTATING DAIRY COW TO INCREASE MILK PRODUCTION.


































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