BILL NUMBER: SB 1333	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 26, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wyland

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act  to amend Section 110100 of the Health and Safety Code,
 relating to vitamin supplements.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1333, as amended, Wyland. Vitamin supplement ingredients:
labeling: country of origin. 
   Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, generally
regulates the packaging and labeling of foods and requires that all
labels of foods, drugs, or cosmetics conform with the requirements of
the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, as specified, and the
regulations adopted pursuant to that federal act. A violation of
these provisions is a crime.  
   Existing law also authorizes the State Department of Public Health
to adopt additional food labeling regulations.  
   This bill would require that vitamins that are packaged and
distributed in this state identify on the package label the country
of origin of each ingredient listed on the label. The bill would also
require the department to establish a program to enforce that
requirement, to conduct a random sampling to assess the potency of
each vitamin, and to ensure that information provided regarding the
potency of the ingredients identified on the label is accurate. By
creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law contains various
provisions regarding the contents, packaging, labeling, and
advertising of food, drugs, and cosmetics. 
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a program within the State
Department of Public Health to verify the country of origin for
ingredients used in vitamin supplements, and to require the country
of origin of vitamin ingredients to be labeled on the container of
all vitamin supplements sold in California. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 110100 of the   Health
and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   110100.  (a)  All food labeling regulations and any amendments to
those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect on
January 1, 1993, or adopted on or after that date shall be the food
labeling regulations of this state.
   (b)  The department may, by regulation, adopt additional food
labeling regulations. Prior to the adoption of any food labeling
regulation pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall seek
comments from consumer groups and representatives of the food
industry that have been identified by the department as being
affected by the proposed regulation. 
   (c) (1) Each vitamin that is packaged and distributed in this
state shall include on the package label the country of origin of
each ingredient that is listed on the label.  
   (2) The department shall establish a program to do all of the
following:  
   (A) Enforce the requirements of paragraph (1).  
   (B) Conduct a random sampling to assess the potency of each
vitamin.  
   (C) Ensure that information provided regarding the potency of each
vitamin is accurate. 
   SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII     B of the
California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred
by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this
act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or
infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the
definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII
    B of the California Constitution. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would establish a program within the State
Department of Public Health to verify the country of origin for
ingredients used in vitamin supplements, and to require the country
of origin of vitamin ingredients to be labeled on the container of
all vitamin supplements sold in California.