Senate Bill sb1218

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1218

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-763-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Food Safety Advisory

  3         Council; creating s. 500.033, F.S.; creating

  4         the Food Safety Advisory Council within the

  5         Department of Agriculture and Consumer

  6         Services; providing the purpose of the council;

  7         providing for appointment of members by the

  8         Commissioner of Agriculture; requiring the

  9         council to make periodic reports to the

10         department; providing an appropriation;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 500.033, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         500.033  Food Safety Advisory Council.--There is

18  created the Food Safety Advisory Council within the Department

19  of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the purpose of

20  serving as a forum for presenting, investigating, and

21  evaluating issues of current importance to the assurance of a

22  safe food supply to the people of this state. The Food Safety

23  Advisory Council shall consist of, but not be limited to,

24  members representing the production, processing, distribution,

25  and sale of foods; consumers or members of citizens groups;

26  scientists or other experts in aspects of food safety from

27  state universities; representatives from local, state, and

28  federal agencies that are charged with responsibilities for

29  food safety; and the chairpersons of the Agriculture

30  Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives or

31  their designees. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1218
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  1  the members. The council shall make periodic reports to the

  2  department concerning findings and recommendations in the area

  3  of food safety.

  4         Section 2.  The sum of $5,000 is appropriated from the

  5  Contracts and Grants Trust Fund within the Department of

  6  Agriculture and Consumer Services and the sum of $5,000 is

  7  appropriated from the General Inspection Trust Fund within the

  8  department for the purpose of paying the expenses associated

  9  with the activities of the Food Safety Advisory Council during

10  the 2003-2004 fiscal year.

11         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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15    Creates the Food Safety Advisory Council within the
      Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to serve
16    as a forum for issues concerning the assurance of a safe
      food supply. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture to
17    appoint members to the council. Requires that the council
      make periodic reports to the department.
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