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AZ SB1649

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/27/2024

Primary Sponsor

Ken Bennett

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits labeling food products that are not derived from livestock or poultry as meat, meat food products, poultry, or poultry products.

  • Specifically bans misbranding or misrepresenting cell-cultured food products and synthetic products derived from plants, insects, or other sources as meat or poultry.

  • Authorizes the Department of Health Services to adopt rules, investigate complaints, seek injunctive relief, and impose civil penalties of up to $100,000 per violation with each day constituting a separate offense.

  • Allows the Department to delegate investigation and enforcement authority to county health departments or the Arizona Department of Agriculture's weights and measures services division.

  • Defines key terms including "cell-cultured food product," "deceptively similar," "meat," "meat food product," "poultry," and "poultry product" by reference to existing Arizona law.

Legislative Description

Misbranding; misrepresenting; food products.

Prohibition

Last Action

House minority caucus: Do pass

3/19/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules2/28/2024
Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs2/27/2024
Rules2/5/2024
Natural Resources, Energy and Water2/5/2024

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