Bill Text: CT HB05480 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5480 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Consumer Education Campaign Regarding Fructose Levels In Food.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Public Health [HB05480 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05480-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5480*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 906
		00906
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A CONSUMER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN REGARDING FRUCTOSE LEVELS IN FOOD.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to develop a consumer education campaign to inform consumers of the possibility that food products may contain high levels of fructose, notwithstanding the nutrition panel on the packaging of such food products claims such products to be "high fructose free", and to inform consumers on how to utilize and interpret information on nutrition panels.

Statement of Purpose:

To help consumers make informed choices regarding their food purchases.