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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 459
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C 127 L 85
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 knowingly sell or offer for sale any food product represented as "kosher" or "kosher style" when that person knows that the food product is not kosher and when the representation is likely to cause a prospective purchaser to believe that it is kosher. Such a representation can be made orally or in writing, or by display of a sign, mark, insignia, or simulation.
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.