General Assembly

 

Committee Bill No. 6333

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 3363

 

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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT

 

Introduced by:

 

(ENV)

 

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Agriculture shall be the lead state agency for purposes of the implementation, administration and enforcement of the federal Food Safety Modernization Act and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to said act.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

from passage

New section

ENV

Joint Favorable