PRINTER'S NO. 3634
No. 2587 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, SHELHAMER, WEIDNER, YAHNER, DeVERTER,
BRANDT, S. E. HAYES JR., ANDERSON, L. E. SMITH, SPENCER,
HEPFORD, W. W. WILT, HALVERSON, KLINGAMAN, R. W. WILT,
GRIECO, CIMINI, FRYER, MORRIS, A. K. HUTCHINSON, KOLTER,
DREIBELBIS, PITTS, W. W. FOSTER, HILL AND GRING,
JUNE 30, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, JUNE 30, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 13, 1909 (P.L.520, No.292), entitled "An
2 act relating to food: defining food; providing for the
3 protection of the public health, and the prevention of fraud
4 and deception, by prohibiting the manufacture or sale, the
5 offering for sale or exposing for sale, or the having in
6 possession with intent to sell, of adulterated, misbranded,
7 or deleterious foods; prescribing certain duties of the Dairy
8 and Food Commissioner in reference thereto; and providing
9 penalties for the violation thereof," relating to nutritional
10 requirements for imitation foods.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. The act of May 13, 1909 (P.L.520, No.292),
14 entitled "An act relating to food: defining food; providing for
15 the protection of the public health, and the prevention of fraud
16 and deception, by prohibiting the manufacture or sale, the
17 offering for sale or exposing for sale, or the having in
18 possession with intent to sell, of adulterated, misbranded, or
19 deleterious foods; prescribing certain duties of the Dairy and
20 Food Commissioner in reference thereto; and providing penalties
1 for the violation thereof," is amended by adding a section to
2 read:
3 Section 4.1. All imitation foods and simulated food products
4 sold in this Commonwealth shall be nutritionally equivalent or
5 superior to the foods for which they are imitations or the food
6 products which they simulate.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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