MD HB8 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2025-02-17 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, certain food manufacturers, processors, and retailers to use certain terms regarding the quality or safety date on labels of food items manufactured for human consumption; prohibiting, beginning on July 1, 2026, a person from selling, or offering for sale, food items manufactured for human consumption with a certain label or that do not meet certain labeling requirements; requiring the creation of an educational program to inform consumers about the meaning of certain dates; etc.

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Title

Public Health - Food and Milk Product Labeling - Requirements

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2025-02-17HouseWithdrawn by Sponsor
2025-01-15HouseHearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-08HouseFirst Reading Health and Government Operations
2024-10-15HousePre-filed

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Health - General21101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General21328.1(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General21401(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General21424(n/a)See Bill Text

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