Senate Bill sb1220

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1220

    By Senator Ring





    32-532-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to food labeling; amending s.

  3         500.11, F.S.; providing that a food is

  4         misbranded if its label does not contain each

  5         ingredient in the food, including spices,

  6         flavorings, and color additives; 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.  Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section

12  500.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         500.11  Food deemed misbranded.--

14         (1)  A food is deemed to be misbranded:

15         (i)  Unless its label bears:

16         1.  The common or usual name of the food, if any; and

17         2.  If it is fabricated from two or more ingredients,

18  the common or usual name of each ingredient and, if the food

19  purports to be a beverage containing vegetable or fruit juice,

20  a statement placed with appropriate prominence on the

21  information panel specifying the total percentage of such

22  vegetable or fruit juice contained in the food.; except that

23  spices, flavorings, and color additives not required to be

24  certified under 21 U.S.C. s. 379(e), other than those sold as

25  such, may be designated as spices, flavorings, and color

26  additives, without naming each; provided, that,

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28  To the extent that compliance with this paragraph is

29  impractical or results in deception or unfair competition,

30  exemptions shall be established by rules adopted by the

31  department.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1220
    32-532-07




 1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2007.

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