| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to disclosure of food containing trans |
| 3 | fats; providing a short title; creating s. 509.293, F.S.; |
| 4 | requiring public food service establishments serving foods |
| 5 | containing trans fats to post a disclosure; requiring the |
| 6 | Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of |
| 7 | Business and Professional Regulation to enforce the |
| 8 | disclosure requirements; providing for penalties; |
| 9 | providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Healthy Dining |
| 14 | Act." |
| 15 | Section 2. Section 509.293, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 16 | to read: |
| 17 | 509.293 Disclosure of food containing trans fats.-- |
| 18 | (1) Any public food service establishment that prepares, |
| 19 | serves, or sells food that contains trans fats or has been |
| 20 | prepared with substances that contain trans fats shall post the |
| 21 | following disclosure in a conspicuous location: "Some foods |
| 22 | served here contain trans fats. Eating foods with trans fats can |
| 23 | increase your risk of stroke and heart attack." |
| 24 | (2) The division shall enforce the requirements of this |
| 25 | section. |
| 26 | (3) Any operator of any food service establishment who |
| 27 | violates, or causes to be violated, the provisions of this |
| 28 | section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable |
| 29 | as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. In addition to the |
| 30 | criminal penalty, the license of any food service establishment |
| 31 | may be suspended or revoked by the division, or the division may |
| 32 | impose fines on the licensee, in accordance with the provisions |
| 33 | of s. 509.261, when the operator of such establishment is |
| 34 | determined by the division to have violated any provision of |
| 35 | this section. It is not necessary that the offender be convicted |
| 36 | of violating this section as a condition precedent to the |
| 37 | suspension or revocation of such license or the imposition of a |
| 38 | civil penalty by the division. |
| 39 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |