Bill Text: CT SB00895 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Procedures For Serving Persons With Food Allergies.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Public Hearing 03/15 [SB00895 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00895-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 895
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 3217
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING PROCEDURES FOR SERVING PERSONS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) Each restaurant, as defined in section 30-22 of the general statutes, shall establish written procedures that the restaurant will employ to serve food to any person who notifies the restaurant that he or she has a food allergy. Such procedures shall include methods of food preparation and service to reduce or eliminate the person's risk of coming into contact with the stated allergen. The restaurant shall notify each employee of such procedures, post such procedures in the kitchen area of the restaurant and ensure that employees follow such procedures.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require restaurants to establish procedures to serve customers with food allergies.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]