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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
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Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs
Summary: Trans fats
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/10/2008 Senate Prefiled 12/10/2008 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 1/13/2009 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-93 1/13/2009 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-93
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-1-142 SO AS TO PROHIBIT RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS FROM PREPARING, SERVING, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING FOOD CONTAINING TRANS FATS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ASCERTAIN THE USE OF TRANS FATS WHEN INSPECTING RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE A CIVIL FINE FOR VIOLATIONS.
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 44-1-142. (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a retail food establishment as defined in Regulation 61-25 may not prepare, serve, or otherwise provide food containing trans fats.
(B) The department in its initial permit inspection and in its routine inspections of retail food establishments shall determine whether the establishment prepares, serves, or otherwise provides food containing trans fats.
(C) The department may impose a fine of up to five hundred dollars for a violation of this section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect ninety days after approval by the Governor.
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