Pennsylvania HB 1133: An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, further providing for misbranding of food.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1418
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1133
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MIHALEK, SHUSTERMAN, ROWE, SCIALABBA, O'MARA,
MAJOR, FLEMING, HOGAN, WARNER, KAIL, LABS, LEADBETER, GLEIM,
BOROWSKI, BENHAM, METZGAR, SAPPEY, PICKETT, GIRAL, SANCHEZ,
KULIK, NEILSON, KAUFFMAN, OTTEN, RIVERA, GREEN, KERWIN,
COOPER, BANTA AND PUGH, APRIL 21, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, APRIL 21, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in food protection, further providing for
misbranding of food.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5729(a) of Title 3 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 5729. Misbranding of food.
(a) General rule.--A food shall be misbranded:
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(13) If it bears or contains Butylated Hydroxyanisole
(CAS 25013-16-5) unless it bears the following warning, in
boldface type, on the principal display panel and in a type
size no smaller than the type size used for the "serving
size" declaration required by Federal law:
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WARNING: This product contains BHA, which may cause
cancer.
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(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "CAS"
means the unique accession number assigned by the Chemical
Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society,
as of the effective date of this section, to a substance.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in one year.
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