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The highlights of AB418 (authored by a San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel) are:
- Commences January 1, 2027
- would prohibit a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale, in commerce a food product for human consumption that contains any specified substance, including, among others,
- brominated vegetable oil and red dye 3
- Violation of these provisions punishable by a civil penalty
- not to exceed $5,000 for a first violation
- not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent violation
- upon an action brought by the Attorney General, a city attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney.
“The Governor’s signature today represents a huge step forward in our effort to protect children and families in California from dangerous and toxic chemicals in our food supply,” Gabriel said in a statement Saturday."
Contrast SB331 - which has not been signed by the Governor.
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as Piqui’s Law: Keeping Children Safe from Family Violence Act.
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