FL S1708

Requires restaurants, eating places, retail/wholesale markets, and packinghouses to mark beef containing "pink slime" (low-grade beef trimmings or lean, finely textured beef) with either the label "slaughtered in" followed by state/country name and "has not been slaughtered and inspected according to federal or state standards" or the words "product contains pink slime."

Mandates packinghouses and meat markets stamp each carcass, carton, can, and container with required labeling before sale, or display a conspicuous sign near beef displays in retail markets when individual stamping is impractical.

Requires restaurants and eating places to display required labeling plainly on menus, advertisements, or other materials for applicable beef products.

Assigns enforcement authority to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for packinghouses and markets, and to the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for restaurants and eating places.

Establishes penalties of a second-degree misdemeanor for willful and knowing violations, with each day of violation counted as a separate offense.