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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 205
April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives JOHNSON, ANDERSON, BARE,
BEHNKE, BILLINGS, DESMIDT, GOODWIN, JOERS, KIRSCH, MIRESSE, PALMERI,
ROE, SORTWELL, TENORIO and UDELL, cosponsored by Senators ROYS, CABRAL-
GUEVARA, HESSELBEIN, KEYESKI, PFAFF, TOMCZYK and WALL. Referred to
Committee on Jobs and Economy.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 97.19 of the statutes; relating to: serving maple syrup in a
public eating place.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, a public eating place may not serve a food product identified as
maple syrup unless the product is made entirely of maple syrup, as the term is
defined in federal regulations.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 97.19 of the statutes is created to read:
97.19 Maple syrup requirements. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) XMaple syrupY has the meaning given in 21 CFR 168.140.
(b) XPublic eating placeY means any premise that prepares and sells food for
the general public[s consumption.
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVING MAPLE SYRUP IN PUBLIC EATING PLACES. The
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SECTION 1
serving of a product identified as maple syrup at a public eating place is prohibited
unless the product is made entirely of maple syrup. Nothing in this subsection
prohibits the serving of a product that is not maple syrup if the product is not
identified as maple syrup.
(END)
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