1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 606 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Joint Resolution 9 Sponsors: Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31008ac11.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on February 23, 2011 13 Tabled by the Senate on March 9, 2011 14 15 Summary: Food and Cosmetics (D. No. 4154) 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 2/23/2011 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (Senate 22 Journalpage 20) 23 3/9/2011 Senate Tabled ( Senate Journalpage 30) 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 2/23/2011 29 2/23/2011-A 30 1 INTRODUCED 2 February 23, 2011 3 4 S. 606 5 6 Introduced by Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 7 8 S. Printed 2/23/11--S. 9 Read the first time February 23, 2011. 10 11

[606-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A JOINT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 12 AGRICULTURE, RELATING TO FOOD AND COSMETICS, 13 DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 14 4154, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, 15 CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE. 16 17 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 18 Carolina: 19 20 SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Agriculture, 21 relating to Food and Cosmetics, designated as Regulation 22 Document Number 4154, and submitted to the General Assembly 23 pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 24 1976 Code, are approved. 25 26 SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by 27 the Governor. 28 XXX 29 30 SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED 31 BY PROMULGATING AGENCY. 32 The Department of Agriculture proposes these amendments to 33 clarify and to provide a more efficient process for regulating and 34 ensuring properly labeled and inspected food products 35 manufactured in South Carolina, as authorized by S.C. Code of 36 Laws, Title 39, Chapter 25. The proposed regulations will be 37 amended to properly reflect adoption of certain Federal 38 regulations. Additionally, the Department seeks to clarify the 39 regulation of raw honey products. 40 41 A Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on June 42 25, 2010.

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