House Bill hb0693

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 693

        By Representative Meadows






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to food product dating;

  3         requiring that food products display shelf-life

  4         expiration dates; providing exceptions;

  5         providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Any retail food product sold in a container

10  in the state must display a conspicuous "BEST IF USED BY" or

11  "SELL BY" date that indicates the month, day, and year of the

12  expiration of the shelf-life of the product. This section does

13  not apply to fresh fruits and vegetables or items that sell

14  for less than 25 cents a piece. The dating may be done by the

15  seller, wholesaler, vendor, or retailer.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Requires that packaged retail food products conspicuously
      display a shelf-life expiration date.
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