SB 1333, as amended, Wyland. Vitamin supplement ingredients: labeling: country of origin.
begin insertExisting 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.
end insertbegin insertExisting law also authorizes the State Department of Public Health to adopt additional food labeling regulations.
end insertbegin insertThis 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.
end insertbegin insertThe 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.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
end insertThe Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law contains various provisions regarding the contents, packaging, labeling, and advertising of food, drugs, and cosmetics.
end deleteThis 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.
end deleteVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 110100 of the end insertbegin insertHealth and Safety Codeend insertbegin insert is
2amended to read:end insert
(a) All food labeling regulations and any amendments
4to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect
5on January 1, 1993, or adopted on or after that date shall be the
6food labeling regulations of this state.
7(b) The department may, by regulation, adopt additional food
8labeling regulations. Prior to the adoption of any food labeling
9regulation pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall seek
10comments from consumer groups and representatives of the food
11industry that have been identified by the department as being
12affected by the proposed regulation.
13(c) (1) Each vitamin that is packaged and distributed in this
14state shall include on the package label the country of origin of
15each ingredient that is listed on the label.
16(2) The department shall establish a program to do all of the
17following:
18(A) Enforce the requirements of paragraph (1).
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19(B) Conduct a random sampling to assess the potency of each
20vitamin.
21(C) Ensure that information provided regarding the potency of
22each vitamin is accurate.
begin insertNo reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
2Section 6 of Article XIIIend insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertB of the California Constitution because
3the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
4district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
5infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
6for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
7the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
8the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIend insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertB of the California
9Constitution.end insert
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
11legislation that would establish a program within the State
12Department of Public Health to verify the country of origin for
13ingredients used in vitamin supplements, and to require the country
14of origin of vitamin ingredients to be labeled on the container of
15all vitamin supplements sold in California.
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