Bill Text - SB82 (2017)

Relative to labeling for maple syrup.


Revision: Jan. 24, 2017, 9:01 a.m.

SB 82  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0845

08/03

 

SENATE BILL 82

 

AN ACT relative to labeling for maple syrup.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires  the state or province of origin of maple syrup to be listed on the label of such syrup's packaging.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0845

08/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to labeling for maple syrup.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Maple Syrup Labeling; Place of Origin.  Amend RSA 429:14, I(b) to read as follows:

(b)  [The true name of the product] The maple syrup's state or province of origin in a font equal to the label's title;

2  Maple Syrup Labeling; Place of Origin.  Amend RSA 429:14, II(b) to read as follows:

(b)  [The true name of the product] The product's state or province of origin in a font equal to the label's title;

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.