Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Filed: 3/10/2011
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1600
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1600 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Trans | ||||||
5 | Fat Restriction Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. | ||||||
7 | 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 | ||||||
2 | consumption. | ||||||
3 | Section 10. Trans fat restriction. Beginning on January 1, | ||||||
4 | 2013, no food containing artificial trans fat may be served by | ||||||
5 | a food facility or used in the preparation of food within a | ||||||
6 | food facility. This prohibition shall not apply to foods | ||||||
7 | containing only naturally occurring trans fat, food sold or | ||||||
8 | served in a manufacturer's original sealed package, or food | ||||||
9 | repackaged from the manufacturer's original sealed package. | ||||||
10 | Section 15. Administration; enforcement. The Department of | ||||||
11 | Public Health shall adopt rules to administer and enforce this | ||||||
12 | Act.".
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