HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1068        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1227

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas M. Stanley

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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:

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/18/2017

Bradford R. Hill

4th Essex

1/30/2017

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/29/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/3/2017

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/24/2017

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

2/3/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/26/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1068        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1227

By Mr. Stanley of Waltham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1227) of Thomas M. Stanley and others relative to the labeling information for commercially caught fish.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2069 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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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 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.