HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 529        FILED ON: 1/25/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2281

 

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

1/22/2021

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/3/2021

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

2/22/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/25/2021

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/25/2021

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/25/2021

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

2/25/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 529        FILED ON: 1/25/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2281

By Mrs. Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2281) 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.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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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:
 

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.