Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2152, sub-§§2-A, 4-C, 4-D, 4-E, 4-F and 4-G are enacted to read:

2-A.__Distributor.__"Distributor" means a person who offers for sale, sells or transports or causes the sale or transportation of food for human consumption at a point between a manufacturer and a retail food establishment.

4-C.__Genetically engineered food.__"Genetically engineered food" means a substance for human consumption that contains one or more genetically engineered ingredients or one or more ingredients produced with genetically engineered inputs, except that genetically engineered animal feeds and vaccines consumed by otherwise genetically engineered-free animals are not considered as genetically engineered ingredients for the purpose of this definition.

4-D.__Genetically engineered ingredient.__"Genetically engineered ingredient" means a substance for human consumption that contains genetic material from other species or genetic material assembled in vitro, which genetic material is introduced into the substance by nonsexual means as the result of a current or previous application of a recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid, or rDNA, technique or other similar technique for genetic manipulation capable of combining or introducing genetic material from dissimilar organisms.__"Genetically engineered ingredient" also means a substance produced through rDNA modifications, including but not limited to cell fusion, gene deletion or doubling, induced sequence or encapsulation variation.__ "Genetically engineered ingredient" also means a substance that contains a genetically engineered food or part of that genetically engineered food as an ingredient without regard to whether the altered molecular or cellular characteristics of the ingredient are detectable in the material.__"Genetically engineered ingredient" does not include an ingredient developed exclusively through traditional methods of breeding, such as artificial insemination, embryo transfer, hybridization or nondirected mutagenesis.

4-E.__Genetically engineered input.__"Genetically engineered input" means hormones that have been produced by or extracted from genetically engineered organisms.__"Genetically engineered input" does not include genetically engineered animal feed or genetically engineered animal vaccines.

4-F.__Genetic material.__"Genetic material" means deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, or ribonucleic acid, or RNA.