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Committee backs substitute to House Bill 117 requiring restaurants to disclose imported seafood; amendment adds beef and chicken
Summary
The Interstate Cooperation committee gave a unanimous ‘do pass’ recommendation to a committee substitute to House Bill 117, which would require commercial food-service establishments to conspicuously disclose when menu items contain imported shrimp; an amendment added beef and chicken and revised menu/placard language.
The committee approved a substitute to House Bill 117 by unanimous voice vote after amendments that broadened the disclosure requirement.
Under the committee substitute as amended, commercial food-service establishments that serve specified protein items must conspicuously disclose on menus or on placards visible to the public when the item contains foreign-imported product. The substitute narrows label content to a binary disclosure — whether a product is imported — rather than listing country of origin, the bill’s author said.
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