PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2349
PRINTER'S NO. 2727
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1869
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY VENKAT, HOHENSTEIN, MIHALEK, HANBIDGE, MADDEN,
KHAN, ADAMS, SANCHEZ, NEILSON, DALEY, PISCIOTTANO,
SHUSTERMAN, HOWARD, HADDOCK, KAZEEM, GREEN, CIRESI, CERRATO,
OTTEN, PASHINSKI, TAKAC, BOROWSKI AND MARCELL,
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 18, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in food protection, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR
DEFINITIONS, providing for food allergy awareness program AND
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR POWERS OF DEPARTMENT.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5705 of Title 3 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5705. [(Reserved).] Food allergy awareness program.
(a) Establishment.--The Department of Health shall establish
a food allergy awareness program. The food allergy awareness
program shall requ ire a p ublic eating or drinking place to
comply with all of the following:
(1) Prominently display a poster developed by the
Department of Health under subsection (b) in the staff area
that provides information on food allergy awareness.
(2) Include on a food menu a notice to a customer of the
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