CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5962

 

                   Chapter 225, Laws of 1995

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

 

 

     DAIRY PRODUCTS‑-DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSED PENALTIES FOR

                     VIOLATIONS‑-CONTAINERS

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/23/95

Passed by the Senate April 19, 1995

  YEAS 46   NAYS 0

 

 

 

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 4, 1995

  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5962 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

  CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved May 3, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

             May 3, 1995 - 11:51 a.m.

 

 

 

    MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5962

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

 

By Senators Rasmussen and Newhouse

 

Read first time 02/17/95.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Agricultural Trade & Development.

 

Changing dairy products regulations.



    AN ACT Relating to dairy products; amending RCW 15.36.121; and creating a new section.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The dairy inspection program advisory committee created by RCW 15.36.561 shall develop a proposal to impose a civil penalty that would be in lieu of a degrade or summary suspension for violations of the pasteurized milk ordinance.  The committee shall inquire as to the acceptability of the proposed civil penalty authority with the federal food and drug administration, with regulatory agencies that implement the requirements of the pasteurized milk ordinance in states to which milk produced in Washington state is shipped, and with other public and private organizations that may be affected by the issue.  The committee shall provide a written report containing its conclusions and recommendations to the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over milk quality issues by December 15, 1995.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 15.36.121 and 1994 c 143 s 210 are each amended to read as follows:

    Except as permitted in this section, no milk producer or distributor shall transfer milk or milk products from one container to another on the street, or in any vehicle, or store, or in any place except a bottling or milk room especially used for that purpose.

    Milk and milk products sold in the distributor's containers in quantities ((less than)) of one gallon or less shall be delivered in standard milk bottles or in single-service containers.  It shall be unlawful for hotels, soda fountains, restaurants, groceries, hospitals, and similar establishments to sell or serve any milk or milk products except in the individual original container in which it was received from the distributor or from a bulk container equipped with an approved dispensing device:  PROVIDED, That this requirement shall not apply to cream or milk consumed on the premises in serving sizes not to exceed two hundred thirty-six milliliters or one-half pint, which may be served from the original bottle or from a dispenser approved for such service.

    It shall be unlawful for any hotel, soda fountain, restaurant, grocery, hospital, or similar establishment to sell or serve any milk or milk product which has not been maintained, while in its possession, at a temperature of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or less.  If milk or milk products are stored in water for cooling, the pouring lip of the container shall not be submerged.

    It shall be the duty of all persons to whom milk or milk products are delivered to clean thoroughly the containers in which such milk or milk products are delivered before returning such containers.  Apparatus, containers, equipment, and utensils used in the handling, storage, processing, or transporting of milk or milk products shall not be used for any other purpose without the permission of the director.

    The delivery of milk or milk products to and the collection of milk or milk products containers from residences in which cases of communicable disease transmissible through milk supplies exists shall be subject to the special requirements of the health officer.


    Passed the Senate April 19, 1995.

    Passed the House April 4, 1995.

Approved by the Governor May 3, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 3, 1995.