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S. 350
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
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Introduced in the Senate on January 25, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs
Summary: Trans fat
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/25/2007 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-12 1/25/2007 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-12
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 44 OF THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 44-1-143, TO PROVIDE THAT FOOD CONTAINING TRANS FAT THAT IS SOLD AT A RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT MUST POSSESS A WARNING ON THE FOOD'S OUTER PACKAGING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-1-143. (A) Any food that is cooked in or contains trans fat that that is sold at a retail food establishment, as defined in Regulation 61-25, shall possess a conspicuous warning, regarding the trans fat, on the food's outer packaging. For prepared food cooked in or containing trans fat, the retail food establishment must place conspicuous warnings throughout the establishment regarding the trans fat. The department may adopt rules and regulations concerning the location, size, and contents of the trans fat warning.
(B) A retail food establishment violating this section is subject to a fine of up to five hundred dollars that may be imposed by the department."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect ninety days after approval by the Governor.
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