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H. 4027
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Gullick, Simrill and Kirsh
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11475ac09.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4028
Introduced in the House on May 12, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Summary: Ice
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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5/12/2009 House Introduced and read first time HJ-55
5/12/2009 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs HJ-55
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 38 TO TITLE 39 SO AS TO REQUIRE PACKAGED ICE PRODUCERS TO SUBMIT SAMPLES MONTHLY TO A LABORATORY FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; TO PRESCRIBE FOR CERTAIN SAMPLE TESTING; AND TO REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF WEEKLY SAMPLE IF THE TESTED SAMPLE DOES NOT CONFORM TO REQUIRED STANDARDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Title 39 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 39-38-10. (A) All packaged ice producers, including ice vending machines shall submit monthly to an approved laboratory a sample of each type of finished product for microbiological analysis. Packaged ice producers shall maintain these records for a period of not fewer than two years and shall make these records available to the Department of Health and Environmental Control upon request.
(B) The monthly laboratory analysis must include testing for fecal and total coliform organisms and Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC). Total coliforms must not be greater than 2.2 organisms/100 ml. using the Most Probable Number (MPN) method or not greater than 1 organism/100 ml. using the Membrane Filtration (MF) method. The HPC must not exceed 500 colonies/ml. Packaged ice must not have any fecal coliform-positive samples.
(C) If finished product samples fail to meet the acceptable standards provided for in subsection (B), the packaged ice producer shall submit samples to an approved laboratory, on a weekly basis, until two consecutive acceptable samples are obtained. Copies of weekly sample analyses must be submitted to the department upon receipt by the packaged ice producer."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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