Bill Text: OR SB745 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to misbranded foods; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB745 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB745-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3661

                         Senate Bill 745

Sponsored by Senator EDWARDS

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires State Department of Agriculture to conduct sampling
and develop estimate of extent to which misbranded fish,
shellfish or other seafood, and misbranded packaged foods
containing fish, shellfish or other seafood, are present in food
supply of state.  Requires department to report estimate to
interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than October
1, 2014.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to misbranded foods; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'misbranded' means
meeting one or more criteria for being deemed misbranded under
ORS 616.250.
  (2) The State Department of Agriculture shall conduct samplings
of fish, shellfish and other seafood offered for sale for human
consumption in this state, and of packaged foods offered for sale
for human consumption in this state that contain fish, shellfish
or other seafood. The department shall provide for the samples of
fish, shellfish and other seafood to be analyzed for the purpose
of determining whether the sampled fish, shellfish or other
seafood is misbranded. The department shall provide for the
samples of packaged foods to be analyzed to determine whether the
fish, shellfish or other seafood contained in the packaged food
causes the packaged food to be misbranded. The department shall
use the information gathered from the sampling and analysis
process to develop an estimate of:
  (a) The extent to which misbranded fish, shellfish or other
seafood is present in the food supply of this state; and
  (b) The extent to which fish, shellfish or other seafood causes
misbranded packaged food to be present in the food supply of this
state.
  (3) The department shall report the estimate made by the
department under subsection (2) of this section to the
appropriate interim committees of the Seventy-seventh Legislative
Assembly in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 no later than
October 1, 2014. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency

is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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