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The Golden State has been a national leader in banning food additives, with Newsom signing a 2023 bill that made California the first state in the nation to prohibit four additives found in ...
A state 'junk fees' law might 'upend' how restaurants operate. Customers could face sticker shock when fees are rolled into menu prices. What does a service fee ban mean for diners?
In long-awaited guidelines for SB 478, the state's ban on 'drip pricing,' Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta makes it clear that restaurants will have to include surcharges and fees in the prices on their menus.
In September 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act, or SB 946, which decriminalized street vending in throughout the state. SB 946 limits violations and fines imposed on said vendors. [7] Under these new laws, vendors will be required to have business licenses and health food permits.
SB 946 does not limit or affect any state food safety laws, including the California retail food code. SB 946 does not allow any criminal charges, but may allow administrative fines. A violation of the local authority's vending programs is only punishable by the following fines: $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second violation, and ...
Mark Stambler's [8] homemade bread business was deemed in violation of food safety laws by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and forced to shut down. Gatto's bill sought a state-wide standardization of food safety laws for cottage food industries while curbing regulations Gatto called "paradoxical and nonsensical." [9] [10]
A new California law requires them in an effort to reduce the food waste that Californians produce — 6 million tons of it every year, according to the state Department of Food and Agriculture.
From 1988 to 1993, the state saw tobacco use decline by 27%, three times more than the U.S. average. A CBS News poll from January 2010 reported that a tax on items such as soft drinks and foods considered to be junk food is opposed 60% to 38%.