FILED ON: 3/10/2016

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4065

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:
 

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding 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.