Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05480 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/15/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5480
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 906
 *00906*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5480 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 906

*00906*

Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW 

Introduced by:

REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A CONSUMER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN REGARDING FRUCTOSE LEVELS IN FOOD.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to develop a consumer education campaign to inform consumers of the possibility that food products may contain high levels of fructose, notwithstanding the nutrition panel on the packaging of such food products claims such products to be "high fructose free", and to inform consumers on how to utilize and interpret information on nutrition panels.

Statement of Purpose: 

To help consumers make informed choices regarding their food purchases.