HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 972        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1941

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kimberly N. Ferguson

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to food labeling.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/14/2015

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

10/9/2019

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

10/9/2019

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

10/9/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

10/9/2019

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

10/9/2019

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

10/9/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 972        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1941

By Mrs. Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1941) of Kimberly N. Ferguson and others that the Department of Public Health be directed to implement a food labeling program for commercially caught, landed and sold saltwater fish.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1947 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to food labeling.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

And Provided further that not withstanding any special or general law to the contrary the Department of Public Health shall implement a food labeling program for commercially caught, landed and sold saltwater fish including but not limited to tuna, mackerel, swordfish, grouper, striped bass and bluefish.  The label shall provide the consumer with information concerning the safety and the risk factors of consumption of the fish based on toxin levels in the fish and their hazards to human health, in particular the health of young children, women of child-bearing age and pregnant women.