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Providing for a country of origin label and allowing for injunctive relief
Topics:Agriculture
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
BILL’S PROVISIONS. This bill amends Code chapter 191 that sets forth labeling requirements for food products as regulated by the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS). The bill requires DALS to adopt rules to establish a notice of country of origin labeling program for beef and pork meat products sold in this state on a retail basis. The rules must be based on United States department of agriculture regulations published in the Federal Register in 2009. Congress enacted legislation that removed mandatory labeling requirements contained in those rules pursuant to the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016” (Pub.
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L. 114-113). The bill provides that DALS is not to adopt such rules unless it first obtains any necessary waiver by the United States department of agriculture or until legislation is enacted by the United States Congress granting any necessary authorization. If DALS determines it requires state legislation to further implement the program, it is required to prepare such legislation for consideration by the 88th General Assembly during its second session. DALS must submit a report to the general assembly not later than January 3, 2020, detailing its progress in implementing the bill’s provisions. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. DALS is authorized to restrain a person violating a provision in the Code chapter, including a rule adopted by the agency by petition in the district court where the violation occurs for injunctive relief.
House subcommittee
Named January 23, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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