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S1130aa.............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
LIVESTOCK - Amends existing law to further define the term "food products";
to provide a definition of "livestock"; to provide for Department of
Agriculture rules regarding standards for livestock produced for sale as
organically grown products; to provide for Department of Agriculture rules
regarding records required of organized livestock producers; to provide
consultation upon promulgating certain rules; and to provide when those
rules go into effect.
02/09 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/10 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/23 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/24 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/25 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/03 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Parry, Schroeder
Floor Sponsor - Stennett
Title apvd - to House
03/04 House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Agric Aff
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/11 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh,
Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor,
Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Zimmermann
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Meyer, Smylie, Wood, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Chase
Title apvd - to Senate
03/12 To enrol
03/15 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/16 Sp signed - to Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 136
Effective: 07/01/99
S1130|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1130, As Amended BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO ORGANIC FOODS; AMENDING SECTION 22-1102, IDAHO CODE, TO FURTHER 3 DEFINE THE TERM "FOOD PRODUCTS" AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION OF 4 "LIVESTOCK"; AMENDING SECTION 22-1102, IDAHO CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 5 3, CHAPTER 99, LAWS OF 1994, TO FURTHER DEFINE THE TERM "FOOD PRODUCTS" 6 AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION OF "LIVESTOCK"; AMENDING SECTION 22-1103, 7 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR RULES FOR STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCED FOR 8 SALE AS ORGANICALLY GROWN PRODUCTS, TO PROVIDE RULES FOR RECORDS REQUIRED 9 OF ORGANIC LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, TO PROVIDE FOR CONSULTATION UPON PROMUL- 10 GATING CERTAIN RULES AND TO PROVIDE WHEN THOSE RULES GO INTO EFFECT; AND 11 AMENDING SECTION 22-1103, IDAHO CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 2, CHAPTER 12 314, LAWS OF 1992, TO PROVIDE RULES FOR STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCED 13 FOR SALE AS ORGANICALLY GROWN PRODUCTS, TO PROVIDE RULES FOR RECORDS 14 REQUIRED OF ORGANIC LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, TO PROVIDE FOR CONSULTATION UPON 15 PROMULGATING CERTAIN RULES AND TO PROVIDE WHEN THOSE RULES GO INTO EFFECT. 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 17 SECTION 1. That Section 22-1102, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 18 amended to read as follows: 19 22-1102. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: 20 (1) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or the 21 director's designee. 22 (2) "Food products" shall include all agricultural, horticultural, 23 viticultural and vegetable products of the soil,andapiary and 24 apiary products,but shall not includepoultry and poultry prod- 25 ucts, livestock and livestock products, milk and dairy products 26 or aquaculture products. 27 (3) "Handler" means any person or organization who processes, packages, 28 transports or stores organic food or nonorganic food. 29 (4) "Livestock" means cattle, swine, sheep, goats, ratites, domes- 30 tic cervidae and bison. 31 (5) "Organic certification seal" means the design approved by the 32 director and which when imprinted or affixed on labels, packages or products, 33 or used in advertising in any manner, shall signify that the standards and 34 regulations developed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and 35 all other conditions of the provisions of this chapter have been met. 36 (56 ) "Organic food" means any food product that 37 is marketed using the term organic, or any derivative of organic in its label- 38 ing or advertising. Organic foods are those processed, packaged, transported 39 and stored to retain maximum nutritional value, without the use of artificial 40 preservatives, coloring or other additives, irradiation, or synthetic pesti- 41 cides. 42 (67 ) "Organically grown food" means food prod- 43 ucts grown in Idaho which are produced without the use of synthetically com- 2 1 pounded fertilizers, pesticides, or growth regulators for a period not less 2 than thirty-six (36) months prior to harvest. Organically grown foods are pro- 3 duced under the standards and regulations established in accordance with the 4 provisions of this chapter. 5 (78 ) "Person" means any individual, partner- 6 ship, association, corporation, or any organized group of persons whether 7 incorporated or not. 8 (89 ) "Producer" means any person or organiza- 9 tion who: 10 (a) Grows, raises or produces a food product; and 11 (b) Sells the food product as, or offers it for sale as, an organic food. 12 (910 ) "Vendor" means any person who sells 13 organic food to the consumer or another vendor. 14 SECTION 2. That Section 22-1102, Idaho Code, as amended by Section 3, 15 Chapter 99, Laws of 1994, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as fol- 16 lows: 17 22-1102. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: 18 (1) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or the 19 director's designee. 20 (2) "Food products" shall include all agricultural, horticultural, 21 viticultural and vegetable products of the soil, apiary and apiary products, 22andlamb,but shall not includepoultry and poultry 23 products, other livestock and livestock products, milk and dairy 24 products or aquaculture products. 25 (3) "Handler" means any person or organization who processes, packages, 26 transports or stores organic food or nonorganic food. 27 (4) "Lamb" means a young sheep that has not reached one (1) year of age. 28 (5) "Livestock" means cattle, swine, sheep, goats, ratites, domes- 29 tic cervidae and bison. 30 (6) "Organic certification seal" means the design approved by the 31 director and which when imprinted or affixed on labels, packages or products, 32 or used in advertising in any manner, shall signify that the standards and 33 regulations developed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and 34 all other conditions of the provisions of this chapter have been met. 35 (67 ) "Organic food" means any food product that 36 is marketed using the term organic, or any derivative of organic in its label- 37 ing or advertising. Organic foods are those processed, packaged, transported 38 and stored to retain maximum nutritional value, without the use of artificial 39 preservatives, coloring or other additives, irradiation, or synthetic pesti- 40 cides. 41 (78 ) "Organically grown food" means food prod- 42 ucts grown in Idaho which are produced without the use of synthetically com- 43 pounded fertilizers, pesticides, or growth regulators for a period not less 44 than thirty-six (36) months prior to harvest. Organically grown foods are pro- 45 duced under the standards and regulations established in accordance with the 46 provisions of this chapter. 47 (89 ) "Person" means any individual, partner- 48 ship, association, corporation, or any organized group of persons whether 49 incorporated or not. 50 (910 ) "Producer" means any person or organiza- 51 tion who: 52 (a) Grows, raises or produces a food product; and 53 (b) Sells the food product as, or offers it for sale as, an organic food. 3 1 (101 ) "Vendor" means any person who sells 2 organic food to the consumer or another vendor. 3 SECTION 3. That Section 22-1103, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 4 amended to read as follows: 5 22-1103. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT -- RULES AND REGULATIONS. The 6 administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be 7 under the director. The director is authorized, in conformance with chapter 8 52, title 67, Idaho Code, to promulgate rules and regulations concerning, but 9 not limited to: 10 (1) Standards for agricultural crops and livestock produced 11 for sale as organically grown products. 12 (2) Records required of organic crop and livestock pro- 13 ducers. 14 (3) The number of on-site inspections, announced and unannounced. 15 (4) Chemical residue analysis of organically grown agricultural products 16 and fees for conducting such analysis. 17 (5) Certification of private laboratories to conduct chemical residue 18 analyses. 19 (6) Standards that an agricultural producer must meet to be recognized as 20 a producer under the provisions of this chapter. 21 (7) Development and distribution of the organic certification seal and 22 standards for its application for use on Idaho agricultural products. 23 (8) Development and implementation of labeling standards. 24 (9) Rules establishing organic standards for poultry and poultry 25 products, livestock and livestock products, milk and dairy products or aqua- 26 culture products will be promulgated in consultation with the appropriate 27 agricultural or commodity organizations, as determined by the director. No 28 pending or temporary rule adopted by the department shall become final and 29 effective before the conclusion of the regular or special legislative session 30 at which the rule was submitted for review pursuant to sections 67-5224 and 31 67-5291, Idaho Code. 32 SECTION 4. That Section 22-1103, Idaho Code, as amended by Section 2, 33 Chapter 314, Laws of 1992, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as fol- 34 lows: 35 22-1103. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT -- RULES AND REGULATIONS. The 36 administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be 37 under the director. The director is authorized, in conformance with chapter 38 52, title 67, Idaho Code, to promulgate rules and regulations concerning, but 39 not limited to: 40 (1) Standards for agricultural crops and livestock produced 41 for sale as organically grown products. 42 (2) Records required of organic crop and livestock pro- 43 ducers. 44 (3) The number of on-site inspections, announced and unannounced. 45 (4) Chemical residue analysis of organically grown agricultural products 46 and fees for conducting such analysis. 47 (5) Certification of private laboratories to conduct chemical residue 48 analyses. 49 (6) Standards that an agricultural producer must meet to be recognized as 50 a producer under the provisions of this chapter. 51 (7) Development and distribution of the organic certification seal and 4 1 standards for its application for use on Idaho agricultural products. 2 (8) Development and implementation of labeling standards. 3 (9) Standards for health care and medical treatment for lambs and for the 4 prevention and control of infectious or communicable diseases among lambs. 5 (10) Standards for prohibitions against denial of health care or medical 6 treatment of lambs in order to obtain or retain organic certification. 7 (11) Rules establishing organic standards for poultry and poultry 8 products, livestock and livestock products, milk and dairy products or aqua- 9 culture products will be promulgated in consultation with the appropriate 10 agricultural or commodity organizations, as determined by the director. No 11 pending or temporary rule adopted by the department shall become final and 12 effective before the conclusion of the regular or special legislative session 13 at which the rule was submitted for review pursuant to sections 67-5224 and 14 67-5291, Idaho Code.
AS1130|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999Moved by Stennett Seconded by Branch IN THE SENATE SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1130 1 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1 2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 24, delete "poultry and3" and insert: "poultry and".
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08814C1
The purpose of this legislation is to define livestock under
the organic foods definition of the Idaho Code. The rules
pertaining to organically produced livestock will be promulgated by
the Department of Agriculture.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
CONTACT: Senator Clint Stennett
332-1351
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S1130