Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Filed: 4/11/2011
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1600
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1600, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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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:
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8 | "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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