HB 2244 — misbranding; misrepresenting; food products

Senate Engrossed House BillEngrossed misbranding;

food products (now:State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2244 AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 36-917;

misrepresenting;

food products) State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2244 AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 36-917;

Products not derived from slaughter;livestock or poultry;

misrepresenting asor fish,misbranding as meat or poultry;

A PERSON WHO PLACES A LABEL ON A FOOD PRODUCT MAY NOT INTENTIONALLY MISBRAND OR MISREPRESENT A PRODUCT THAT IS NOT DERIVED FROM THELIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER OR KILLINGPOULTRY OF AN ANIMAL AS MEAT, A MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, FISH,POULTRY AOR FISH PRODUCT, POULTRY, A POULTRY PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT THROUGH ANY ACTIVITY, INCLUDING INTENTIONALLYMISBRANDING OR MISREPRESENTING BY DOING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

AFFIXING A FALSE OR MISLEADING LABEL ON MEAT, A MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, FISH, A FISH PRODUCT, POULTRY, A POULTRY PRODUCT OR ANYA OTHERPOULTRY ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT.

USING A TERM THAT IS THE SAME AS OR DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR TO A TERM THAT HAS BEEN USED OR DEFINED HISTORICALLY IN REFERENCE TO A SPECIFIC MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, FISH PRODUCT, POULTRY PRODUCT OR OTHERPOULTRY ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT WITH THE INTENT TO MISREPRESENT THE PRODUCT.

IFREPRESENTING A CELL-CULTURED FOOD PRODUCT, REPRESENTING THE PRODUCT AS MEAT, A MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, FISH,POULTRY AOR FISH PRODUCT, POULTRY, A POULTRY PRODUCT ORIF ANY OTHER ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT OR ITS SPECIES-SPECIFIC EQUIVALENT WITHOUT DISCLOSING THAT THE PRODUCT IS A CELL-CULTURED FOOD PRODUCTPRODUCT. IN TERMS THAT ARE OF SIMILAR PROMINENCE AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE REPRESENTATIONS AS MEAT, A MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, FISH, A FISH PRODUCT, POULTRY, A POULTRY PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT ON ALL LABELS WHERE SUCH REPRESENTATIONS APPEAR.

IFREPRESENTING A SYNTHETIC FOOD PRODUCT DERIVED FROM A PLANT, INSECT OR OTHER SOURCE, REPRESENTING THE PRODUCT AS MEAT, A MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, FISH,POULTRY AOR FISH PRODUCT, POULTRY, A POULTRY PRODUCT ORIF ANYTHE OTHER ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT ORIS ITSA SPECIES-SPECIFICSYNTHETIC EQUIVALENT WITHOUT DISCLOSING THAT THE PRODUCT IS DERIVED FROM A PLANT, AN INSECT OR ANY OTHER SOURCESOURCE. PRODUCT IN TERMS THAT ARE OF SIMILAR PROMINENCE AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE REPRESENTATIONS AS MEAT, A MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, FISH, A FISH PRODUCT, POULTRY, A POULTRY PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT ON ALL LABELS WHERE SUCH REPRESENTATIONS APPEAR.

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THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM REPRESENTING A CELL-CULTURED FOOD PRODUCT AS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS OR THEIR SPECIES-SPECIFIC EQUIVALENTS:

1.

CELL-CULTURED MEAT, FISH, POULTRY OR ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT.

2.

LAB-GROWN MEAT, FISH, POULTRY OR ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT.

3.

CELL-BASED MEAT, FISH, POULTRY OR ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT.

4.

SYNTHETIC MEAT, FISH, POULTRY OR ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT.

5.

BIOFABRICATED MEAT, FISH, POULTRY OR ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT.

6.

CELL-CULTIVATED MEAT, FISH, POULTRY OR ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT.

D.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM USING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS OR COMPARABLE WORDS OR PHRASES TO DESCRIBE A SYNTHETIC FOOD PRODUCT DERIVED FROM A PLANT:

1.

PLANT FOOD PRODUCT.

2.

PLANT-BASED FOOD PRODUCT.

3.

VEGAN FOOD PRODUCT.

4.

VEGETABLE FOOD PRODUCT.

5.

VEGETABLE-BASED FOOD PRODUCT.

6.

VEGETARIAN FOOD PRODUCT.