BILL NUMBER: AB 820	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mark Stone

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 820, as introduced, Mark Stone. Seafood labeling.
   Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, regulates
the packaging, labeling, and advertising of food and is administered
by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law provides that
food is misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading.
   This bill would state the intent of the legislature to enact
legislation to clarify seafood labeling requirements and to increase
penalties for seafood mislabeling violations.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to clarify seafood labeling requirements in order to
facilitate and increase the enforcement of laws to combat seafood
labeling fraud. It is further the intent of the Legislature to
increase penalties for seafood mislabeling violations.