HB 0339 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to food safety; creating s. 500.033, F.S.;
3	creating the Florida Food Safety Advisory Council as a
4	forum for evaluation of food safety issues; providing
5	membership; requiring reporting of findings and
6	recommendations; providing appropriations; providing an
7	effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Section 500.033, Florida Statutes, is created
12	to read:
13	500.033 Florida Food Safety Advisory Council.--There is
14	created the Florida Food Safety Advisory Council for the purpose
15	of serving as a forum for presenting, investigating, and
16	evaluating issues of current importance to the assurance of a
17	safe food supply to the citizens of Florida. The Florida Food
18	Safety Advisory Council shall consist of, but not be limited to:
19	members representing the production, processing, distribution,
20	and sale of foods; consumers and/or members of citizens groups;
21	scientists or other experts in aspects of food safety from state
22	universities; representatives from local, state, and federal
23	agencies that are charged with responsibilities for food safety;
24	and the chairs of the agriculture committees of the Senate and
25	the House of Representatives or their designees. The
26	Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint the council members.
27	The council shall make periodic reports to the Department of
28	Agriculture and Consumer Services concerning findings and
29	recommendations in the area of food safety.
30	Section 2.There is hereby provided a continuing
31	appropriation in the expenses category the sum of $5,000 from
32	the Contracts and Grants Trust Fund to the Department of
33	Agriculture and Consumer Services and the sum of $5,000 from the
34	General Inspection Trust Fund to the Department of Agriculture
35	and Consumer Services for use in payment of associated costs in
36	the conduct of activities of the Florida Food Safety Advisory
37	Council.
38	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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