Pennsylvania HB 1134: 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. 1419
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1134
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, KOZAK, 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 Blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9),
Blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0), Green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9), Red 40 (CAS
25956-17-6), Yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0) or Yellow 6 (CAS 2783-
94-0), unless it bears the following warning, in boldface
type, on the principle display panel and in a type size no
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smaller than the type size used for the "serving size"
declaration required by Federal law:
WARNING: This product contains synthetic colors,
which may have an adverse effect on activity and
attention in children.
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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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