GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 560

Short Title:  Country Ham Preservation Act.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Horton; Albertson, Allran, Ballance, Ballantine, Carpenter, Carrington, Carter, Clodfelter, Cochrane, Cooper, Dalton, Dannelly, East, Forrester, Foxx, Garrou, Garwood, Gulley, Hagan, Harris, Hartsell, Hoyle, Kerr, Kinnaird, Lucas, Martin of Pitt, Martin of Guilford, Metcalf, Miller, Moore, Perdue, Phillips, Plyler, Purcell, Rand, Reeves, Robinson, Rucho, Shaw of Cumberland, Shaw of Guilford, Webster, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT MARKETS THAT SELL UNCOOKED CURED COUNTRY HAM OR UNCOOKED CURED SALTED PORK THAT INVOLVES CERTAIN MINIMAL PREPARATION ARE EXEMPT FROM REGULATION UNDER CHAPTER 130A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES WHEN THAT MINIMAL PREPARATION IS THE ONLY ACTIVITY THAT WOULD SUBJECT THESE MARKETS TO SUCH REGULATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-250 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 130A-250.  Exemptions.
The following shall be exempt from this Part:
  
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(10)	Markets that sell uncooked cured country ham or uncooked cured salted pork and that engage in minimal preparation such as slicing, weighing, or wrapping the ham or pork, when this minimal preparation is the only activity that would otherwise subject these markets to regulation under this Part."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to establishments that are in operation on or after that date.