BILL NUMBER: SB 667	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Roth

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 25996 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 667, as amended, Roth. Retail sale of shelled eggs.
   Existing law prohibits a shelled egg from being sold or contracted
for sale for human consumption in California if it is the product of
an egg-laying hen that was confined on a farm or place that is not
in compliance with animal care standards. Violation of these
provisions is a misdemeanor.
   This bill would instead prohibit a shelled egg from being sold or
contracted for sale for human consumption in California if it is
known to be the product of an egg-laying hen that was confined on a
farm or place that is not in compliance with animal care standards.
 The bill would specify that, for purposes of this
prohibition, a retail seller of eggs is conclusively presumed to lack
knowledge that eggs are noncomplying if the retail seller receives
and maintains for one year after the sale a bill of lading, invoice,
or other document affirmatively stating in writing that the eggs were
the product of egg-laying hens confined in compliance with animal
care standards. 
   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 25996 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   25996.  Commencing January 1, 2015, a shelled egg shall not be
sold or contracted for sale for human consumption in California if it
is known to be the product of an egg-laying hen that was confined on
a farm or place that is not in compliance with animal care standards
set forth in Chapter 13.8 (commencing with Section 25990). 
   For purposes of this section, a retail seller of eggs is
conclusively presumed to lack knowledge that eggs are not in
compliance with those standards if the retail seller receives and
maintains for one year after the sale a bill of lading, invoice, or
other document from the egg producer or other person from whom the
retailer purchased the eggs that affirmatively states in writing that
the eggs were the product of egg-laying hens that were confined in
compliance with the animal care standards set forth in Chapter 13.8
(commencing with Section 25990).