LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1437, as amended, Huffman. Shelled eggs: sale for human
consumption: compliance with animal care standards.
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, requires
the State Department of Public Health to regulate manufacturing,
sales, labeling, and advertising activities related to food, drugs,
devices, and cosmetics in conformity with the federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act, including, but not limited to, prohibition against the
receipt in commerce of any adulterated food, as defined. A violation
of these provisions is a crime.
Existing law, enacted as Proposition 2, an initiative measure
approved by the voters at the November 4, 2008, statewide general
election, establishes, commencing January 1, 2015, specified farm
animal treatment standards.
This bill would, commencing January 1, 2015, prohibit the sale of
a shelled egg for human consumption if it is the product of an
egg-laying hen that was confined on a farm or place that is not in
compliance with those animal care standards and would
require the department to, by January 1, 2011, develop and adopt
regulations regarding housing standards for egg-laying hens that are
consistent with these standards. The bill would also make
violations of these provisions a crime. This bill would declare that
its provisions are severable. By creating a new crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.

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