BILL NUMBER: SB 550INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Florez FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to add Part 5.5 (commencing with Section 111930) to Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 550, as introduced, Florez. Public health: food product recall technology. Existing law requires a meat or poultry supplier, distributor, broker, or processor that sells a meat- or poultry-related product in California that meets the criteria for a Class I or Class II recall according to the United States Department of Agriculture guidelines to immediately notify the State Department of Public Health and to provide the department with a list of all customers, including a firm name, address, contact person's name, telephone number, fax, and e-mail address, that have received or will receive any product subject to recall that the supplier, distributor, broker, or processor has handled or anticipates handling. This bill would require a grocery store that uses a programmable checkout scanner to ensure that when a recalled product is scanned, the programmable checkout scanner will notify the employee and customer that the product being purchased is subject to a recall. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Part 5.5 (commencing with Section 111930) is added to Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: PART 5.5. Food Product Recall Technology 111930. A grocery store that uses a programmable checkout scanner shall ensure that when a recalled product is scanned, the programmable checkout scanner will notify the employee and customer that the product being purchased is subject to a recall.