HLS 11RS-556 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 2
BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY SMITH
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SANITARY CODE: Suspends rules relative to the manufacturing and sale of cane syrup
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To suspend until sixty days after final adjournment of the 2011 Regular Session of the2
Legislature the provisions of LAC 51:VI:103, 105, 109, and 151 and any other rules3
or regulations, promulgated pursuant to R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a) as such provisions pertain4
to the manufacturing, processing, packing, holding, and sale of cane syrup made by5
traditional cane syrup makers.6
WHEREAS, certain parish health officers have interpreted provisions of the7
administrative code relative to permits for the manufacturing, processing, packing, or8
holding of food within the state and other provisions promulgated by the Department in9
pursuant to R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a) as prohibiting the processing and sale of cane syrup by syrup10
makers who do not have a permit or an approved structure for production of the syrup; and11
WHEREAS, such interpretation prohibits the traditional cane syrup makers, both12
sorghum and sugarcane, from producing syrup in open facilities and in cast iron kettles or13
evaporators; and14
WHEREAS, parish health officers for certain parishes have enforced this15
interpretation in a manner that forces traditional cane syrup makers to either stop production16
or incur the unnecessary and significant expense associated with the conversion of traditional17
open sided facilities to modern state of the art facilities.18
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby suspends19
the provisions of LAC 51:VI:103, 105, 109 and 151 and any other rules or regulations,20 HCR NO. 2
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promulgated pursuant to R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a) as such provisions pertain to the manufacturing,1
processing, packing, holding, and sale of cane syrup made by traditional cane syrup makers.2
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this suspension shall become effective upon the3
adoption of this Resolution and shall extend through the sixtieth day after final adjournment4
of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.5
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Gary Smith HCR No. 2
Suspends administrative rules prohibiting the manufacturing, processing, packing, holding,
and sale of cane syrup made by traditional cane syrup makers.
(Suspends LAC 51:VI:103, 105, 109 and 151 )