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1996 SESSION
HB 568 Food labeling.
Introduced by: R. Steven Landes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Food labeling. Allows the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to promulgate regulations concerning food labels and amends the statutory labeling requirements. A new requirement is added that beverages purporting to contain fruit or vegetable juice bear a label stating the percentage of the beverage that is juice. The bill also specifies that only colors not required to be certified under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act may be listed generally as "colorings." Labels which do not comply with the federal act's nutrition labeling requirements are newly deemed to be misbranded under the state statute.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 965534805 pdf
- 02/28/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB568ER) pdf
- 04/15/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/19/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 965534805
- 01/19/96 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/26/96 House: Reported from Agriculture (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/96 House: Read first time
- 01/30/96 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/96 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/01/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/01/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/19/96 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/96 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB568ER)
- 03/06/96 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 728 (effective 7/1/96)
- 04/15/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728)