Bill Text: FL S0764 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 764 (Prefiled Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Food Additives

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-14 - Filed [S0764 Detail]

Download: Florida-2025-S0764-Introduced.html

       Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 764
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to food additives; creating s.
    3         500.181, F.S.; requiring that food and drink products
    4         intended for human consumption which contain synthetic
    5         dyes have a certain warning on the products’
    6         packaging; providing penalties; providing for the
    7         deposit of fine proceeds to the General Inspection
    8         Trust Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture
    9         and Consumer Services to conduct certain inspections;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   14         Section 1. Section 500.181, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         500.181 Food additives.—
   17         (1)(a) Effective July 1, 2026, an article used for food or
   18  drink for human consumption containing any synthetic color
   19  additive, including Blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9), Blue 2 (CAS 860-22
   20  0), Green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9), Red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6), Yellow 5
   21  (CAS 1934-21-0), Yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0), and, when used as a
   22  color additive, titanium dioxide (CAS 13463-67-7), must display
   23  the following warning:
   24  
   25         WARNING: This product contains synthetic colors, which
   26         may have an adverse effect on activity and attention
   27         in children.
   28  
   29         (b) A manufacturer may, until December 31, 2028, use an
   30  adhesive sticker to provide the warning requirements in
   31  paragraph (a). However, beginning January 1, 2029, such warnings
   32  must be printed directly on the product’s packaging.
   33         (2)(a) A manufacturer who violates subsection (1) is
   34  subject to a formal written notice and a fine of:
   35         1. Up to $1,000 per item, for a first offense.
   36         2. Up to $2,500 per item, for a second offense.
   37         3. Up to $5,000 per item, for a third or subsequent
   38  offense.
   39         (b) A retailer or distributor who sells a product that
   40  violates subsection (1) is subject to the following penalties:
   41         1. A written warning for a first offense.
   42         2. A formal citation requiring corrective action for a
   43  second offense.
   44         3. A fine of $750 for a third offense.
   45         4. A fine of $1,000 for a fourth offense.
   46         5. A fine of up to $2,500 for a fifth or subsequent
   47  offense.
   48         (c) Fines collected pursuant to this section must be
   49  deposited in the department’s General Inspection Trust Fund.
   50         (3) The department shall conduct inspections under this
   51  section as part of regular food and drink product inspections.
   52         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.