BILL NUMBER: AB 1949	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bigelow

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to amend Section 64181 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to dairy products.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1949, as introduced, Bigelow. Dairy Council of California Law.
   Existing law, the Dairy Council of California Law, requires the
Secretary of Food and Agriculture to conduct one or more campaign of
research, advertising, publicity, and education to accomplish
specified purposes, including, among others, an increase in the
consumption of dairy products.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 64181 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   64181.  The  director   secretary  shall
conduct  at least  one  or more campaigns 
 campaign  of research, advertising, publicity, and
education designed to accomplish the following purposes, among
others:
   (a) Increase the consumption of dairy products.
   (b) Gather, publicize, and diffuse accurate and scientific
information  which   that  shows the
importance of the use and consumption of milk, cream, and other dairy
products in relation to the public health, economy,  and
 diet, and proper nutrition of children and adults.
   (c) Study means and methods employed in producing, processing,
manufacturing, marketing, and distributing dairy products in order to
comply with the sanitary and other regulations imposed by
municipalities,  this state   the state, or
the United States.
   (d) Gather and disseminate information regarding the
following:   high 
    (1)     High  standards  which
  that  are observed and imposed to insure pure
and wholesome dairy  products and   products.
 the 
    (2)     The  harmful effects on the
public health  which   that result from a
breakdown in the stability of the dairy  industry, 
 industry.   the 
    (3)     The  factors and conditions
peculiar to the dairy industry  which   that
 tend to cause an unbalanced  production,  
production.   the 
    (4)     The  price of milk, cream, and
other dairy products in relation to the cost of other items of food
in a balanced  diet, and   diet.  
the 
    (5)     The  factors  which
  that  tend to promote increased consumption of
dairy products, stabilize the industry, and foster a better
understanding and more efficient cooperation among producers, persons
that are engaged in the handling, processing, and marketing of dairy
products, and the consuming public.