HB 163 -- Use Of Synthetic Hormones In Production of Dairy
Products

Sponsor:  McLuckie

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to license the
sale and use of synthetic bovine growth hormone and establishes
procedures for labeling dairy products that are produced from
cows that have not received growth hormone.

Milk producers are required to notify dairy manufacturing plants
at least 45 days before administering growth hormone or shipping
milk produced from cows receiving growth hormone.  Dairy
manufacturing plants are permitted to refuse milk produced with
the aid of growth hormone and are required to report the use of
such milk on sales invoices.

The Department of Agriculture is authorized to license dairy
manufacturing plants and retail food establishments to label
products indicating that growth hormone was not used in the
production process.  The department is also required to identify
states that have comparable dairy product labeling laws and to
permit the sale of products from these states in Missouri.

Any person selling a cow that has received growth hormone within
45 days of the sale must notify the buyer of the most recent
date the hormone was administered.