HLS 22RS-1059 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 799
BY REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT AND SCHEXNAYDER
MANUFACTURING: Allows for exemption from certain regulatory measures placed on
manufacturers of certain food and drug products
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:627(A) and to enact R.S. 40:627(F), relative to the production
3 and sale of certain food and drug products; to require good cause; to provide an
4 application for exemption; to provide for rulemaking; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:627(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 40:627(F) is
8hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง627. Registration of certain products
10 A. Except as provided in Subsection E Subsections E and F of this Section,
11 the department may, for good cause, require all manufacturers, packers, or
12 proprietors of processed foods, proprietary or patent medicines, prophylactic devices,
13 and cosmetics, in package form, to register each separate and distinct product
14 annually with the department and to supply it with a sample of each such product
15 upon request.
16 * * *
17 F.(1) Any manufacturer, packer, or proprietor who may be required to
18 register or supply a product pursuant to this Section, may submit an application to
19 the department, requesting exemption from these provisions based upon lack of good
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1 cause. In assessing good cause, the department shall consider the burden on the
2 manufacturer, packer, or proprietor as well as the benefit to public health and safety.
3 (2) The department shall provide a written decision to the applicant within
4 thirty days of submission of the application.
5 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of
6 this Subsection.
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)]
HB 799 Original 2022 Regular Session Wright
Abstract: Requires the La. Dept of Health (department) to find good cause when enforcing
certain regulations on a manufacturer, packer, or proprietor of certain products.
Present law allows the department to require a manufacturer, packer, or proprietor of certain
products to register each separate and distinct product annually with the department and to
supply it with a sample of each such product upon request.
Proposed law retains present law in part, but requires the department to find good cause in
order to mandate compliance with present law.
Proposed law allows a person subject to proposed law to apply to the department for
exemption.
(Amends R.S. 40:627(A); Adds R.S. 40:627(F))
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