South Carolina H 3407: Law enforcement officers, retired ID issuance

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2025-2026 Bill 3407 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3407

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
39-25-220 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN FOOD AND BEVERAGE LABELING.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 25, Title 39 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

 Section 
39-25-220. (A)(1) At the time of 
sale to the consumer by a retail store of any product designated in this subsection, 
there must appear on the package or container of the product the date 
established by the processor as the date by which the product should normally 
be used to ensure consumer quality.

 (2) 
This subsection applies to the following products:

 (a) 
market milk;

 (b) 
market cream; and

 (c) 
any milk product that is required by law to be made from market milk or any 
component or derivative of market milk.

 (3) 
This subsection does not apply to any milk or milk products processed, 
packaged, and sold by distributors directly to consumers.

 (4) 
This subsection does not apply to any bulk shipments of milk or milk products 
between distributors.

 (5) 
The commissioner, after public hearings, shall adopt regulations pertaining to 
responsibility for affixing to packages or other containers the quality 
assurance date provided for in this subsection, the manner, style, form, and 
place of affixation of the date to packages and other containers in a 
conspicuous place in a form that is readily seen and easily understood by the 
buyer, and the administration and enforcement of the requirements of this 
subsection.

 (B)(1) After June 30, 2026, a food 
manufacturer, processor, or retailer responsible for the labeling of food items 
for human consumption that chooses, or is otherwise required by law, to display 
a date label to communicate a quality or safety date on a food item manufactured 
after June 30, 2026, must use one of the following uniform terms on the date 
label:

 (a) 
"BEST if Used by" or "BEST if Used or Frozen by" to indicate the quality date 
of the food item;

 (b) 
"USE by" or "USE by or Freeze by" to indicate the safety date of the food item;

 (c) 
"BB" to indicate the quality date of the food item if the food item is too 
small to include the uniform term described in subitem (a) or if the food item 
is a beverage; or

 (d) 
"UB" to indicate the safety date of the food item if the food item is too small 
to include the uniform term described in subitem (b).

 (2)(a) A person may not sell or offer for 
sale in this State a food item for human consumption manufactured after June 
30, 2026, that displays a quality or safety date label that is not labeled in 
accordance with item (1).

 (b) 
A person may not sell or offer for sale in this State a food item for human 
consumption manufactured after June 30, 2026, that is labeled with the phrase 
"sell by." This subitem does not prohibit the use of "sell by" dates that are 
presented in a coded format that are not easily readable by consumers and that 
do not use the phrase "sell by."

 (3) 
The department may accept nonstate funds from public and private sources to, on 
its internet website, educate consumers about the meaning of the quality dates 
and safety dates specified in this subsection.

 (4)(a) This subsection does not prohibit, 
and may not be construed to discourage the sale, donation, or use of food after 
the food's quality date pursuant to subitem (B)(1)(a). A retail food facility 
may donate a food item for human consumption that is not labeled in accordance 
with this subsection.

 (b) 
Unless otherwise required by law, this subsection may not be construed to 
require the use or display of a date label on a food item for human consumption 
unless the food item displays a date label.

 (c) 
This subsection does not prohibit the use or display of a label that allows 
consumers to view online information about a food item for human consumption.

 (d) 
Notwithstanding items (1) and (2), after June 30, 2026, a grocery store may 
display a label with the phrase "packed on" on a prepared food item and may 
sell or offer for sale in this State the prepared food item with that label if 
the prepared food item also displays a quality or safety date label in 
accordance with item (1).

 (e) 
This subsection does not prohibit a person from displaying on wine, a distilled 
spirit, or a wine- or distilled spirit-based product bottled or packaged after 
June 30, 2026, a label with a statement that communicates the date on which the 
wine, distilled spirit, or wine- or distilled spirit-based product was 
produced, manufactured, bottled, or packaged, or from selling or offering for 
sale in this State the wine, distilled spirit,