SB 1339 — kratom products; enforcement; financial institutions

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 enforcement; PROPOSED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

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THISSection 1. ARTICLE DOES NOT AUTHORIZE OR PERMIT THE MANUFACTURING, PREPARATION OR SALE OF CONTAMINATED OR ADULTERATED KRATOM PRODUCTS." Amend title to conform     KEVIN PAYNE     1339PAYNE 03/17/2021 04:26 PM H:

ES/lsSection  36-795,  Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-795.

Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

2.

1.

"Food" means a food, food product, food ingredient, dietary ingredient, dietary supplement or beverage for human consumption.

3.

2.

"Kratom product" means a food product or dietary ingredient containing any part of the leaf of the plant mitragyna speciosa.

1.

3.

"Dealer Retailer":

(a) Means a person that sells, prepares or maintains kratom products or that advertises, represents or holds itself out as selling, preparing or maintaining kratom products.

(b) Includes a manufacturer, wholesaler, store, restaurant, hotel, catering facility, camp, bakery, delicatessen, supermarket, grocery store, convenience store, nursing home or food or drink company.END_STATUTE Sec. 2.

Section 36-795.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-795.01.

Kratom product disclosure;

preparing, distributing, selling or exposing for sale without disclosure prohibited A.

A dealer retailer that prepares, distributes, sells or exposes for sale a food that is represented to be a kratom product shall disclose on the product label the factual basis on which that representation is made.

B.

A dealer retailer may not prepare, distribute, sell or expose for sale a food represented to be a kratom product that does not conform to the disclosure required by this section.

END_STATUTE Sec. 3.

Section 36-795.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-795.02.

Kratom product;

adulteration;

contamination;

sales to minors prohibited A.

A dealer retailer may not prepare, distribute, sell or expose for sale any of the following:

1.

A kratom product that is adulterated with a dangerous nonkratom substance.

A kratom product is adulterated with a dangerous nonkratom substance if the kratom product is mixed or packed with a nonkratom substance and that substance affects the quality or strength of the kratom product to such a degree as to render the kratom product injurious to a consumer.

2.

A kratom product that is contaminated with a dangerous nonkratom substance.