GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 399

HOUSE BILL 821

 

AN ACT TO BAN THE ADDITION OF SULFITING AGENTS TO CERTAIN FOODS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 106-129(1) is amended by deleting the period at the end of sub-subdivision g. and by substituting the phrase "; or"; and is further amended by adding a new sub- subdivision to read:

"h.        If a retail or wholsale establishment has added sulfiting agents, including sulfur dioxide, sodium sulfite, sodium or potassium bisulfite, and sodium or potassium metabisulfite, separately or in combination, to fresh fruits and fresh vegetables intended for retail sale as fresh food products."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1985.