HB171 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Spencer Collier

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Fish, farm-raised or wild fish, country of origin labeling by restaurants, health and safety policies to be determined by Legislature, suppliers to food service establishments required to disclose country of origin regardless of labeling per federal law, Act 2009-582, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.; Secs. 22-20A-1, 22-20A-3, 22-20A-8 am'd.; Sec. 22-20A-4 repealed

Description

Existing law requires any person who supplies farm-raised fish or wild fish to a food service establishment to provide information as to the country of origin of the product as federal law requires. Existing law also requires a food service establishment to place a disclaimer on either its menu or a placard stating the country of origin of the fish or informing the consumer that the consumer may request from the food service establishment the country of origin of the fish. If federal law does not require country of origin labeling, the supplier of the fish and the food service establishment are not required to provide country of origin labeling information.

This bill would provide further legislative findings. This bill would require all suppliers and food service establishments to provide certain country of origin labeling of farm-raised fish and wild fish regardless of whether the fish or fish product is required to be labeled pursuant to federal law. This bill would remove the labeling option that allows a retail establishment offering fish for direct retail consumption to state the country of origin in lieu of the disclaimer or notice.

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Subjects

Health