Bill Text: CA AB418 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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Bill Title: The California Food Safety Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2023. [AB418 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB418-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: The California Food Safety Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2023. [AB418 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB418-Enrolled.html
Enrolled
September 14, 2023 |
Passed
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Senate
September 11, 2023 |
Passed
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Assembly
September 12, 2023 |
Amended
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Senate
September 01, 2023 |
Amended
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Senate
July 03, 2023 |
Amended
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Senate
May 26, 2023 |
Amended
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Assembly
April 13, 2023 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 418
Introduced by Assembly Members Gabriel and Wicks (Coauthors: Assembly Members McCarty and Weber) |
February 02, 2023 |
An act to add Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 109025) to Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 418, Gabriel.
The California Food Safety Act.
Existing law provides for the regulation of the safety of food products, including adulterated and misbranded food, wholesale food, and food in retail food facilities.
This bill, commencing January 1, 2027, would prohibit a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale, in commerce a food product for human consumption that contains any specified substance, including, among others, brominated vegetable oil and red dye 3. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a first violation and not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent violation, upon an action brought by the Attorney General, a city attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Food Safety Act.SEC. 2.
Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 109025) is added to Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:CHAPTER 17. Food Safety
109025.
(a) Commencing January 1, 2027, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, distribute, hold, or offer for sale, in commerce a food product for human consumption that contains any of the following substances:(1) Brominated vegetable oil (CAS no. 8016-94-2).
(2) Potassium bromate (CAS no. 7758-01-2).
(3) Propylparaben (CAS no. 94-13-3).
(4) Red dye 3 (CAS no. 16423-68-0).
(b) (1) Upon an action brought by the Attorney General, a city attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney, a person or entity that violates subdivision (a) shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a first violation, and not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each subsequent violation.
(2) This section does not impair or impede any other rights, causes of action, claims, or defenses available under any other law. The remedies provided in this section are cumulative with any other remedies available under any other law.