Food: grocers: display of farm product price.

Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, requires the State Department of Public Health to regulate the manufacture, sale, labeling, and advertising activities related to food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics in conformity with the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require a grocer that directly buys farm products, as defined, from a farmer to display the price the grocer paid the farmer for his or her farm product. The price would be required to be displayed underneath the price the grocer is charging the consumer for the farm product. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.