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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - PICKLED FISH

     Introduced By: Representative John G. Edwards

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2018

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Sections 21-15-1, 21-15-3 and 21-15-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 21-

15 entitled "Pickled Fish" are hereby repealed.

     21-15-1. Duties of packers.

     In every city or town in which pickled fish are packed for sale or exportation from the

state, the packers of every city or town shall see that the fish have been properly pickled and that

they are properly repackaged in casks, in good shipping order, with good salt sufficient in each

cask to preserve the fish from damage in transportation to any foreign port.

     21-15-3. One kind of fish in cask.

     Pickled fish, whether codfish, mackerel, menhaden, herrings, or other fish, shall be sorted

and one kind only be put into the same cask.

     21-15-6. Branding of codfish casks as to quality.

     Every cask of pickled codfish offered for sale or for exportation from the state shall also

be branded "No. 1," or "No. 2," or "No. 3," to denote the quality of the fish.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - PICKLED FISH

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     This act would repeal several sections of the general laws regarding the packaging and

branding of pickled fish.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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