Full Text of HB1600 97th General Assembly
HB1600ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. La Shawn K. Ford Filed: 4/11/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1600
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1600, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 | | Artificial Trans Fat Restriction Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Act:
| 8 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
| 9 | | "Food containing artificial trans fat" means a food that is | 10 | | labeled as, lists an ingredient as, or has vegetable | 11 | | shortening, margarine, or any kind of partially hydrogenated | 12 | | vegetable oil. "Food containing artificial trans fat" does not | 13 | | include a food that the nutrition facts label or other | 14 | | documentation from the manufacturer of which lists the trans | 15 | | fat content of the food as less than 0.5 grams per serving.
| 16 | | "Food facility" means an entity that prepares, packages, |
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| 1 | | serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human consumption | 2 | | at the retail level. "Food facility" does not include any | 3 | | entity operated by local or State government that prepares, | 4 | | packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human | 5 | | consumption. "Food facility" does not include any entity | 6 | | operated by a private school or public school district that | 7 | | prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food | 8 | | for human consumption.
| 9 | | Section 10. Legislative purpose. It is the goal of the | 10 | | General Assembly that any entity operated by local or State | 11 | | government that prepares, packages, serves, vends, or | 12 | | otherwise provides food for human consumption, eliminate the | 13 | | purchase, distribution, preparation, service, sale, or use of | 14 | | foods containing artificial trans fat by January 1, 2016.
| 15 | | It is the goal of the General Assembly that any entity | 16 | | operated by a private school or public school district that | 17 | | prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food | 18 | | for human consumption, eliminate the purchase, distribution, | 19 | | preparation, service, sale, or use of foods containing | 20 | | artificial trans fat by January 1, 2016.
| 21 | | Section 15. Artificial trans fat restriction; food | 22 | | facility. Beginning on January 1, 2013, no food containing | 23 | | artificial trans fat may be served by a food facility or used | 24 | | in the preparation of food within a food facility. This |
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| 1 | | prohibition shall not apply to food containing only naturally | 2 | | occurring trans fat; food sold or served in a manufacturer's | 3 | | original sealed package; free food samples made available or | 4 | | served to customers in food facilities, but that are only | 5 | | available for sale in the manufacturer's original sealed | 6 | | package; or food repackaged from the manufacturer's original | 7 | | sealed package.
| 8 | | Section 20. Artificial trans fat restriction; school | 9 | | vending machines. Beginning on January 1, 2013, no food | 10 | | containing artificial trans fat may be made available in a | 11 | | vending machine operated by or within a private school or | 12 | | public school district.
| 13 | | Section 25. Administration; enforcement. The Department of | 14 | | Public Health shall adopt rules to administer and enforce this | 15 | | Act.".
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