PRINTER'S NO. 1777
No. 1328 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY COHEN, SIPTROTH, CASORIO, CALTAGIRONE, SEIP,
JOSEPHS, YOUNGBLOOD, FREEMAN, HARHART, KULA, DALEY AND
FABRIZIO, JUNE 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
JUNE 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 7, 1994 (P.L.421, No.70), entitled "An
2 act providing for protection of public health and prevention
3 of fraud and deception by prohibiting the manufacture or sale
4 of, the offering for sale or exposing for sale of or the
5 having in possession with intent to sell adulterated,
6 misbranded or deleterious foods; and making repeals," further
7 providing for inspection, sampling and analysis.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 12 of the act of July 7, 1994 (P.L.421,
11 No.70), known as the Food Act, is amended by adding subsections
12 to read:
13 Section 12. Inspection, sampling and analysis.
14 * * *
15 (f) Testing and rapid response.--The department shall test
16 for food-related illnesses in humans along with determining any
17 threats to the food supply. The department shall design a rapid
18 response to any poison threat to the food supply.
19 (g) Information sharing.--The department shall share any
1 relevant testing information procured pursuant to subsection (f)
2 with the Department of Health, the Department of Environmental
3 Protection or any other agency that could provide the public a
4 benefit from the results of their testing.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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