SB 685

This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection from promulgating a rule that limits the duration that a signed, sworn,

and notarized affidavit from a milk producer may be used to substantiate a claim

that a dairy product does not contain synthetic bovine growth hormone.

Current law authorizes DATCP to promulgate rules that allow a dairy product

to be labeled as not containing synthetic bovine growth hormone. Using this

authority, DATCP has promulgated rules requiring a person who receives raw milk

from a milk producer, sells the milk or a dairy product made from the milk, and

claims that the milk or dairy product does not contain synthetic bovine growth

hormone to substantiate that claim by obtaining each year a signed, sworn, and

notarized affidavit from the milk producer certifying that the milk producer does not

use synthetic bovine growth hormone in the production of milk shipped to the person.