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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 386 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2159
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kimberly N. Ferguson
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to food labeling.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/6/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/26/2023David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/27/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/30/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/30/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023David K. Muradian, Jr.9th Worcester2/6/2023Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex2/17/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 386 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2159
By Representative Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2159) of
Kimberly N. Ferguson and others that the Department of Public Health be directed to implement
a food labeling program for commercially caught, landed and sold saltwater fish. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2281 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to food labeling.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the Department
2of Public Health shall implement a food labeling program for commercially caught, landed and
3sold saltwater fish including but not limited to tuna, mackerel, swordfish, grouper, striped bass
4and bluefish. The label shall provide the consumer with information concerning the safety and
5the risk factors of consumption of the fish based on toxin levels in the fish and their hazards to
6human health, in particular the health of young children, women of child-bearing age and
7pregnant women.