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CA AB2074

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2020

Primary Sponsor

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

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Origin

State Assembly

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Applies prohibitions to all representations in brand names, labels, advertising, packaging, invoices, signs, business cards, and other oral or written materials.

  • Authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to seize and dispose of olive oil labeled in violation of these requirements.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Agriculture2/27/2020

Full Bill Text

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