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HOUSE BILL NO. 556 – Fruit/vegetables/honey, labeling

HOUSE BILL NO. 556

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H0556...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
FRUITS - VEGETABLES - Adds to existing law to require labeling of fresh
fruits and vegetables and packages of honey to indicate those products that
originate in Idaho; to require labeling to indicate those products which do
not originate in Idaho and to indicate the state or country of origin; and
to prohibit the removal of such labeling.
                                                                        
02/11    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/14    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff

Bill Text


 H0556
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 556
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MARKET LABELING OF FRUITS OR  VEGETABLES  OR  PACKAGES  OF  HONEY;
  3        AMENDING CHAPTER 1, TITLE 22, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
  4        22-111,  IDAHO CODE, TO REQUIRE LABELING PRODUCTS WHICH ORIGINATE IN IDAHO
  5        TO INDICATE THEIR ORIGIN, TO REQUIRE LABELING PRODUCTS WHICH DO NOT ORIGI-
  6        NATE IN IDAHO TO INDICATE THEIR ORIGIN AND PROHIBITING THE REMOVAL OF SUCH
  7        LABELING.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 1, Title 22, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
 10    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 11    ignated as Section 22-111, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        22-111.  MARKET LABELING. All producers, growers, and  shippers  of  fresh
 13    fruits  and  vegetables and honey in this state may mark each individual fruit
 14    or vegetable or package of honey in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly,
 15    and permanently as the nature of the fruit or vegetable or  package  of  honey
 16    will permit, and shall mark each bulk container of fruit, vegetable or package
 17    of  honey,  in  such  manner  as to indicate to an ultimate purchaser that the
 18    product was produced in Idaho. Any fresh fruit  or  vegetable  or  package  of
 19    honey,  including  any  package containing foreign honey blended with domestic
 20    honey, produced in any country other than the United States or in any state of
 21    the United States other than Idaho and offered for retail sale in Idaho  shall
 22    be  similarly  marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and perma-
 23    nently as the nature of the fruit or vegetable or package of honey  will  per-
 24    mit,  in  such  manner  as to indicate to an ultimate purchaser the country or
 25    state of origin. Markings shall be done prior to delivery into Idaho. A retail
 26    vendor shall label every display of fruit, vegetable or package  of  honey  in
 27    such  a  way that the ultimate purchaser of the commodity is able to determine
 28    the state or country of origin.
 29        All retail vendors engaged in the business of selling products labeled  or
 30    identified  as  to  origin  shall  be  prohibited from willfully and knowingly
 31    removing such labels or identifying marks.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
     
                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
                      RS09820C1 
     
     The proposed legislation provides for the labeling of point of origin of fresh
     produce and honey sold retail within the State of Idaho. 
     
                         
     
     
     
     
     
     
                     FISCAL NOTE
     
     None 
     
     
     
               
     
     
     
     
     
               CONTACT:  Rep. Reed Hansen
               332-1000 
     
     
                                                  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE                             H 556