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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 416
Author: Florez (D)
Amended: 6/2/09
Vote: 21
SENATE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE : 3-1, 4/21/09
AYES: Florez, Hancock, Pavley
NOES: Hollingsworth
NO VOTE RECOREDED: Maldonado
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 5-2, 4/29/09
AYES: Romero, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Simitian
NOES: Huff, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado, Padilla
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-5, 5/28/09
AYES: Kehoe, Corbett, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Leno, Oropeza,
Yee
NOES: Cox, Denham, Runner, Walters, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wolk
SUBJECT : Antibiotics
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill allows a school district to make every
effort to purchase poultry and meat products that have not
been treated with nontherapeutic antibiotics. This bill
provides that each school district that purchases poultry
or meat products that have not been treated with
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nontherapeutic antibiotics may report annually to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), as specified.
This bill requires the SPI to request specified information
from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
and requires the SPI to provide the Legislature, no later
than July 1, 2011, with a copy of any information provided
by the USDA including information relating to any lack of
response to the Superintendents' request for information.
ANALYSIS : The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement
Act of 2001 (Act) established by SB 19 (Escutia), Chapter
913, Statues of 2001, specifies school nutrition standards
for elementary schools. The Act also identifies nutrition
standards for beverages and snacks for secondary schools.
Existing law specifies that the Department of Food and
Agriculture (DFA) is responsible for the enforcement of
regulations relating to the sale, manufacture, and use of
livestock drugs in California.
Existing law identifies specific "restricted drugs" which
might present a hazard to human health if administered
directly to humans or if improperly administered to
livestock is dangerous to the health of the livestock or to
humans who consumer the products from the livestock.
Restricted drugs must be sold from a DFA-licensed business.
A licensed facility may be inspected by DFA for proper
storage and handling. DFA may restrict what drugs may be
sold by the business. Licensed businesses must maintain
records of the quantity of restricted drugs sold, date of
sale, purchaser, and other information. The list of
"restricted drugs" includes all of the following: arsenic
compounds and preparations, diethylstilbestrol and other
substances which have a hormone like action, antibiotic
preparations, and other drugs and their preparations which
DFA determines are hazardous to the health of livestock or
public safety.
This bill:
1. Finds and declares the following:
A. An estimated 70 percent of all antibiotics sold
in the United States go toward healthy livestock,
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according to a study by the Union of Concerned
Scientists.
B. It is in the best interest of pupils attending
California schools that those schools procure meat
for school lunch and breakfast programs that are
free of nontherapeutic antibiotics.
2. Allows a school district to make every effort to
purchase poultry and meat products that have not been
treated with nontherapeutic antibiotics.
3, Provides that each school district that purchases
poultry or meat products that have not been treated with
nontherapeutic antibiotics may report annually to the
SPI.
4. Specifies that the report may include, but is not
limited to, the following:
A. A list of products purchased.
B. The cost of each product.
C. The cost of comparable products known to have
been treated with nontherapeutic antibiotics.
5. Requires the SPI to request that the USDA do all of the
following:
A. Provide any information known to the USDA on the
use of nontherapeutic antibiotics in the meat
available to California schools through the USDA's
bonus and entitlement commodity programs for the
National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast
Program, including specifying which products
contain nontherapeutic antibiotics.
B. If information on the use of nontherapeutic
antibiotics in meat is not readily available,
provide information as to when it will be
available.
6. Requires the SPI to provide the Legislature, no later
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than July 1, 2011, with a copy of any information
provided by the USDA including information relating to
any lack of response to the SPIs' request for
information.
7. Defines "antibiotic" for purposes of this bill to mean,
any drug intended for use in food-producing animals that
is composed wholly or partly of either of the following:
A. Any kind of penicillin, tetracycline, macrolide,
lincosamide, streptogramin, minoglycoside, or
sulfonamide.
B. Any other drug or derivative of a drug that is
used in humans or intended for use in humans to
treat or prevent disease or infection caused by
microorganisms.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
Unknown
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/2/09) (Previous version)
Alliance for Democracy
Animal Place
Bon Appetit
Breast Cancer Action
California Nurses Association
California Political Action Committee for Animals (Paw PAC)
Campaign for Better Nutrition
Center for Food Safety
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Consumers Union
Eco Farm
Food & Water Watch
Food Animal Concerns Trust
Health Care Without Harm
Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy
National Association of Nutrition Professionals
Natural Products Association West
Union of Concerned Scientists
Wild Farm Alliance
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OPPOSITION : (Verified 6/2/09) (Previous version)
Agricultural Council of California
Alliance of Western Milk Producers
Alpharma Animal Health
Animal Health Institute
California Cattlemen's Association
California Chamber of Commerce
California Dairies, Inc.
California Dairy Campaign
California Farm Bureau Federation
California Grain and Feed Association
California Pork Producers Association
California Poultry Federation (CPF)
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)
California Women for Agriculture
Central Coast Fryer Farms Inc.
Foster Poultry Farms
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Milk Producers Council (MPC)
Neighbor Market Association (NMA)
Pacific Egg and Poultry Association
Pitman Farms
Squab Producers of California
UFCW 8-Golden State
United Food & Commercial Workers Western States Council
Western United Dairymen (WUD)
Willie Bird Turkeys
Woodland Farms
Zacky Farms
TSM:do 6/2/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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