Human food product: nontherapeutic antibiotics.

The Secretary of the Food and Agriculture has the responsibility of ensuring that food products are not adulterated and that they are capable of use as human food. The secretary is required to ensure that the food products are properly inspected and labeled. A violation of any of these provisions is a crime, punishable as specified. This bill would provide, in addition, that commencing January 1, 2011, any person who uses antibiotics for a nontherapeutic use in any animal raised for the production of any human food product made available commercially shall be required to label the product with a warning, as specified. 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.