Senate committee advances Beneficial Substances Act to regulate emerging plant supplements
The Senate Conservation Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 231 as amended, adopting a registration, labeling and inspection framework for "beneficial substances" and adding a NMED-backed amendment to bar hazardous wastes; the measure creates a fee-funded program at the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.
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Senator Shannon Boone introduced Senate Bill 231, the Beneficial Substances Act, to the Senate Conservation Committee and the panel voted to pass the bill as amended. The bill would require manufacturers and distributors to register “beneficial substances” with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, meet labeling standards, pay fees to cover inspections and testing, and allow the department to remove unsafe products from the market.
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