State Sen. Eric Burlison, R-Battlefield, presented Senate Bill 746 to the Senate Government Reform Committee this week. This legislation states a food or merchandise container will not be considered to be mislabeled or misleading if the container is filled to less than its capacity, provided that it meets certain criteria.
For example, if the product settles or the packaging is used to protect the contents of the container, it cannot be considered mislabeled or misleading.
“When signed into law, this legislation will put an end to frivolous lawsuits pertaining to what amounts to air in a container,” Sen. Burlison said.
“The labels on our food products clearly list the size of the package’s contents. This information provides consumers with the ability to make the best purchasing decision for them. These unnecessary lawsuits slow down our over-burdened court systems and take advantage of the consumer. It is time for the Senate to pass this piece of common sense legislation.”
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Thank goodness a legislator is protecting us from an evil menace. We need roads, water plants, sewage plants and this clown, like so many in GOP, is trying to pass bills to protect packaging. Jeez, we are a lost civilization.
Anonymous @10:54 AM: One wonders if you'll have more appreciation of the companies that provide food in packages when your weekly ration of hard flint corn gets delivered in a sack or bucket.
You want them to be sued out of business before then, just like the Democrats in both the House and Senate who are stopping legislation which would allow more companies to manufacture masks for the medical industry, "House Democrats Are Causing Mask Shortage In Wake Of Wuhan Virus Pandemic" and "‘Outrageous:’ Senate Dems Block Bill to Address Shortage of Respirators, Face Masks amid Coronavirus." No way are they going to prevent their best contributors who sue for profit from dipping their beaks in what promises to be another apocalypse of lawsuits after the coronavirus is controlled.
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