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2023 SENATE BILL 567
October 23, 2023 - Introduced by Senators ROYS, SPREITZER, AGARD,
CABRAL-GUEVARA, HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON, PFAFF, SMITH and TAYLOR,
cosponsored by Representatives CONSIDINE, C. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BARE,
BEHNKE, CABRERA, CONLEY, EMERSON, GUSTAFSON, GOEBEN, JACOBSON, JOERS,
MOSES, MURSAU, OHNSTAD, PALMERI, SHELTON and SORTWELL. Referred to
Committee on Insurance and Small Business.
1 AN ACT to create 97.19 of the statutes; relating to: serving maple syrup in a
2 public eating place.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, a public eating place may not serve a food product identified as
maple syrup unless the product is made entirely of maple syrup, as the term is
defined in federal regulations.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
3 SECTION 1. 97.19 of the statutes is created to read:
4 97.19 Maple syrup requirements. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
5 (a) “Maple syrup” has the meaning given in 21 CFR 168.140.
6 (b) “Public eating place” means any premise that prepares and sells food for the
7 general public's consumption.
8 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVING MAPLE SYRUP IN PUBLIC EATING PLACES. The
9 serving of a product identified as maple syrup at a public eating place is prohibited
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SENATE BILL 567 SECTION 1
1 unless the product is made entirely of maple syrup. Nothing in this subsection
2 prohibits the serving of a product that is not maple syrup if the product is not
3 identified as maple syrup.
4 (END)