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Amend the amendment on page 2 by striking out all of line 5 and inserting the following:
 
‘2.  Food.     "Food" means food intended for human consumption.’
Amend the amendment on page 2 in §2592 in subsection 3 by striking out all of paragraph B (page 2, lines 29 to 32 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘B. A food product derived from an animal is not considered misbranded if the animal was not genetically engineered but was fed genetically engineered feed; and’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment removes the exemption in Committee Amendment "C" for food products derived from highly refined ingredients where the effect of the purification process is to remove DNA or novel protein and defines "food" to mean food intended for human consumption.