SENATE DOCKET, NO. 307        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 119

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cynthia Stone Creem

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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 kosher food signage.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman

100 Woodcliff Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 307        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 119

By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 119) of Cynthia Stone Creem, Ruth B. Balser and Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman for legislation relative to kosher food signage.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2388 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to kosher food signage.

 

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:Section 156 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following subsection:-

(f ½) If the certification of a person, firm, association or corporation selling food or food products advertised or represented to be kosher, kosher for Passover, pareve or as having been prepared in accordance with Orthodox Jewish religious standards which it has manufactured, distilled, produced, processed or packed is suspended or terminated by the certifying authority, the person, firm, association or corporation shall display a sign, approved by the attorney general, on the door or window or anywhere in front of the place of business stating “Kosher Certification Revoked” in a size which will call such fact to the reader's attention.