0001| HOUSE BILL 340 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| G. X. MCSHERRY | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO AGRICULTURE; DEFINING PURE HONEY FOR PURPOSES OF | 0012| THE FOOD SERVICE SANITATION ACT; CREATING AN EXEMPTION. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 25-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977, | 0016| Chapter 309, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "25-l-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Food Service | 0018| Sanitation Act: | 0019| A. "agency" or "division" means the department of | 0020| environment; | 0021| B. "board" means the environmental improvement | 0022| board; | 0023| C. "employee" means any individual employed in a | 0024| food service establishment who transports food or food | 0025| containers, who handles food during storage, preparation or | 0001| serving, who comes in contact with any utensils or who is | 0002| employed in a room in which food is stored, prepared or served; | 0003| D. "food" means any solid or liquid substance | 0004| intended for human consumption by eating or drinking; | 0005| E. "general public" includes beneficiaries of | 0006| governmental feeding programs and private charitable feeding | 0007| programs and residents and employees of institutions that | 0008| provide meals to their residents and employees either with or | 0009| without direct payment to the institution by the residents or | 0010| employees; | 0011| F. "temporary food service establishment" means a | 0012| food service establishment that operates at a fixed location in | 0013| conjunction with a single event or celebration for a short | 0014| period of time not exceeding the event or celebration or not | 0015| exceeding thirty days; | 0016| G. "person" means an individual or any other legal | 0017| entity; | 0018| H. "food service establishment" means: | 0019| (1) any fixed or mobile place where food is | 0020| served and sold for consumption on the premises; | 0021| (2) any fixed or mobile place where food is | 0022| prepared for sale to or consumption by the general public | 0023| either on or off the premises, including any place where food | 0024| is manufactured for ultimate sale in a sealed original package, | 0025| but "prepared" as used in this paragraph does not include the | 0001| preparation of raw fruits, [and] vegetables or pure honey | 0002| for display and sale in a grocery store or similar operation. | 0003| For purposes of this paragraph, "pure honey" means natural | 0004| liquid or solid honey, extracted from the combs or in the comb, | 0005| taken from beehives, with no processing or additional | 0006| ingredients. "Food service establishment" does not mean a | 0007| dairy establishment; and | 0008| (3) meat markets, whether or not operated in | 0009| conjunction with a grocery store; | 0010| I. "utensil" means any implement used in the | 0011| storage, preparation, transportation or service of food; and | 0012| J. "dairy establishment" means a milk processing or | 0013| milk producing facility." | 0014|  | 0015| | 0016| State of New Mexico | 0017| House of Representatives | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| March 4, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Mr. Speaker: | 0002| | 0003| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0004| whom has been referred | 0005| | 0006| HOUSE BILL 340 | 0007| | 0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0009| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Gary King, Chairman | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Adopted Not Adopted | 0021| | 0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0023| | 0024| Date | 0025| | 0001| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0002| Yes: 6 | 0003| Excused: Rios, Sandel, Trujillo, Vigil | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0340 | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0010| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| March 15, 1997 | 0014| | 0015| Mr. President: | 0016| | 0017| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0018| | 0019| HOUSE BILL 340 | 0020| | 0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0022| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| __________________________________ | 0005| Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0010| Adopted_______________________ | 0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Date ________________________ | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0019| Yes: 10 | 0020| No: None | 0021| Excused: None | 0022| Absent: None | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| H0340C01 | 0001| State of New Mexico | 0002| House of Representatives | 0003| | 0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| February 20, 1997 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Mr. Speaker: | 0012| | 0013| Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE, | 0014| to whom has been referred | 0015| | 0016| HOUSE BILL 340 | 0017| | 0018| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0019| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0020| CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| G. X. McSherry, Chairman | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Adopted Not Adopted | 0006| | 0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0008| | 0009| Date | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 7 | 0013| Excused: Porter, Wright | 0014| Absent: None | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0340 |