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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BAKER, EARLL, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, D. WHITE, M. WHITE AND VULAKOVICH, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in food protection, further providing for required |
3 | licenses and for registration of food establishments. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 5703(b)(2) of Title 3 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subparagraph to |
8 | read: |
9 | § 5703. License required. |
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11 | (b) Exempt retail food facilities.-- |
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13 | (2) A licensor shall exempt the following retail food |
14 | facilities from the license requirements of this section: |
15 | (i) A retail food facility in which only |
16 | prepackaged, nonpotentially hazardous food or beverages |
17 | are sold. |
18 | (ii) A retail food facility that sells only raw |
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1 | agricultural commodities. |
2 | (iii) A retail food facility that is in compliance |
3 | with the act of July 20, 1974 (P.L.537, No.184), referred |
4 | to as the Honey Sale and Labeling Act, and in which 100% |
5 | of the regulated products offered for human consumption |
6 | are produced or processed on the farm on which the retail |
7 | food facility is located. |
8 | A retail food facility that is exempted from the license |
9 | requirements under this section shall remain subject to |
10 | inspection and all other provisions of this subchapter. |
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12 | Section 2. Section 5734(d) of Title 3 is amended to read: |
13 | § 5734. Registration of food establishments. |
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15 | (d) [Exception.--] Exceptions.--All of the following shall |
16 | be exempt from the provisions of this section: |
17 | (1) Vehicles used primarily for the transportation of |
18 | any consumer commodity in bulk or quantity to manufacturers, |
19 | packers, processors or wholesale or retail distributors [are |
20 | exempt from the provisions of this section]. |
21 | (2) A retail food facility that is in compliance with |
22 | the act of July 20, 1974 (P.L.537, No.184), referred to as |
23 | the Honey Sale and Labeling Act, and in which 100% of the |
24 | regulated products offered for human consumption are produced |
25 | or processed on the farm on which the retail food facility is |
26 | located. |
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28 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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