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CA AB2074
Bill
Status
2/4/2020
Primary Sponsor
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
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AI Summary
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Makes it unlawful to represent that olive oil is produced entirely from California-grown olives unless all olives used were grown in California, including prohibiting terms like "California olive oil" or substantially similar language.
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Prohibits labeling olive oil as produced from olives grown in a specific California region unless at least 85% of the olive oil by weight was produced from olives grown in that region.
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Applies prohibitions to all representations in brand names, labels, advertising, packaging, invoices, signs, business cards, and other oral or written materials.
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Authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to seize and dispose of olive oil labeled in violation of these requirements.
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Establishes violations as misdemeanors punishable by fines of $500 to $1,000, imprisonment in county jail for up to one year, or both.
Legislative Description
Agriculture: olive oil: labeling.
Last Action
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
4/6/2020