BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1138
Author: Cedillo (D)
Amended: 4/27/10
Vote: 21
SENATE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE : 4-0, 4/6/10
AYES: Florez, Hancock, Hollingsworth, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado
SENATE ENV. QUALITY COMMITTEE : 6-0, 4/19/10
AYES: Simitian, Runner, Corbett, Lowenthal, Pavley,
Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 8-0, 5/10/10
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Alquist, Leno, Price, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Corbett, Denham, Walters
SUBJECT : Horsemeat and pet food: Rendering Industry
Advisory
Board
SOURCE : California Grain and Feed Association
Pacific Coast Rendering Association
DIGEST : This bill establishes the Rendering Industry
Advisory Board within the California Department of Food and
Agriculture (CDFA), and authorizes the Board to make
recommendations to the Secretary of CDFA regarding the
regulation of the handling and use of animal carcasses,
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animal parts, and inedible kitchen grease.
ANALYSIS : Current law defines rendering as the
recycling, processing, and conversion of animal and fish
byproducts and carcasses from the meat, poultry, and
seafood industries, as well as used kitchen grease into
fats, oils, and proteins that are used primarily as feed in
the animal, poultry, and pet food industries.
CDFA is responsible for regulating and licensing renderers,
inedible kitchen grease transporters, dead animal haulers,
and pet food processors. Current laws and regulations
attempt to ensure that all materials that should be sent to
a renderer, such as carcasses, oils, used kitchen grease,
fats, and proteins, are sent to a rendering facility and to
deter the theft of those materials. The enforcement is
funded through a number of annual licensing fees required
for operation within the state of California.
This bill:
1.Establishes the Rendering Industry Advisory Board within
CDFA, consisting of nine members appointed by the
Secretary, seven of whom must be licensed by CDFA. The
members of the Advisory Board will receive no salary, but
will be compensated for travel costs.
2.Authorizes the Advisory Board to make recommendations to
the Secretary regarding any issue related to the
regulation of the rendering industry, including new or
existing regulations, the Department's inspection
program, and rates and collection of license fees and
penalties.
3.Requires the Secretary to adopt any regulations necessary
to be used by the Advisory Board to implement the
requirements of the bill.
Comments
Proponents state that the advisory board created by this
bill provides an opportunity for official interaction
between the industry and CDFA to address issues and ensure
the program continues to maintain its objectives to
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regulate and enforce the laws regarding the rendering
industry. Recently, members of the rendering industry have
been encouraging CDFA and the state to undertake more
aggressive enforcement. Through an advisory board, the
industry would be able to guide and oversee both the
rendering program and the industry to assist the goals of
protecting public health, food safety, and the environment
in a cooperative and healthy economic environment.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
Board member travel and Minor and
absorbable General
other expenses
CDFA support for Minor
costs for adopting regulations General
Board activities
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/11/10)
California Grain and Feed Association (co-source)
Pacific Coast Rendering Association (co-source)
TSM:nl 5/11/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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