California Senators send seafood mislabeling bill to Governor for final approval
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] - September 2, 2014
California lawmakers have voted on a piece of legislation that will make it illegal for vendors to knowlingly sell or offer to sell wholesale or retail seafood without properly labeling the common name of the fish or shellfish. The bill, which will now go to state Governor Jerry Brown for final approval, also makes it illegal to mislabel seafood as farmed or wild caught, along with misrepresenting an item's country of origin.
On Friday, the Calif. State Senate gave final legislative approval to Senate Bill 1138, originally proposed by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima)...
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