RSB/2/22
Sponsored by Justin Maas of Brentwood High School
This legislation was filed in the Agriculture category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Base Food: The historically recognized food a grocery edible is based upon, including only its |
| 5 | traditional ingredients. |
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| 7 | Section 2: All foodstuffs sold or distributed by businesses in the state of Tennessee that are |
| 8 | infused with additives not present in their respective Base Foods must be clearly labeled as |
| 9 | ADULTERATED, and cannot be advertised as the Base Food without this additional label printed in |
| 10 | text at least as large as the name of the referenced Base Food. |
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| 12 | Section 4: Failure to comply with this act will result in a civil penalty of $300.00 per pound of |
| 13 | mislabeled product sold. |
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| 15 | Section 5: This act will be enforced by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. |
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| 17 | Section 6: The implementation of this act will not require addition to the Tennessee Department of |
| 18 | Agriculture budget. |
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| 20 | Section 7: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 22 | Section 8: This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. |
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