SENATE DOCKET, NO. 259        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1243

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Diana DiZoglio, (BY REQUEST)

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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 requiring food establishments to prepare seafood in separate fryers.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 259        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1243

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4138 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 requiring food establishments to prepare seafood in separate fryers.

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 6B of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (c)the following subsection:-

(c 1/2) A food establishment as defined in the state sanitary code promulgated by the department, when preparing food, shall use a separately contained fryer for the preparation of seafood, including but not limited to shellfish, and shall not prepare any other food in the fryer or frying oil used for such seafood preparation.