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                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 459

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By House Committee on Agriculture (originally sponsored by Representatives O'Brien, Wang, Jacobsen, Patrick, Lux and Locke

Read first time 2/15/85 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to the sale of kosher food; adding a new chapter to Title 69 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     This chapter shall be known as the sale of kosher food products act of 1985.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

          (1) "Food product" includes any article other than drugs, whether in raw or prepared form, liquid or solid, or packaged or unpackaged, and which is used for human consumption.

          (2) "Kosher" means a food product which has been prepared, processed, manufactured, maintained, and sold in accordance with the requisites of traditional Jewish dietary law.

          (3) "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     No person may, in the course of business, knowingly sell or expose for sale any food product represented as "kosher" or "kosher style" when such food product is not kosher.

          Such a representation can be made in any language, orally or in writing, or by display on the premises of a sign, mark, insignia, or simulation reasonably calculated to induce an individual to believe that the food product is kosher.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     A violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation of the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.     Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.     Sections 1 through 5 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 69 RCW.