HOUSE BILL NO. 5890

June 23, 2020, Introduced by Rep. VanSingel and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

A bill to amend 1964 PA 283, entitled

"Weights and measures act,"

by amending section 28a (MCL 290.628a).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 28a. (1) Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as 1 of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold, all meat, meat products, as provided in subsections (3) and (4), all poultry, whole or parts, and all seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale or and sold , as food shall must be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight. When

(2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), all meat and meat products, whole or parts, offered or exposed for sale and sold as food must be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight or primal cut. As used in this subsection, "primal cut" means the wholesale cut into which the carcass of a food animal is divided, and includes, but is not limited to, chuck, rib, loin, sirloin, round, shank, brisket, plate, flank, leg, rack, shoulder, foreshank, side, picnic shoulder, and shoulder buff.

(3) If meat, meat product, poultry, or seafood is combined with or associated with some other another food element or elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination, such that food product or food combination shall must be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight. , and the The quantity representation may be the total weight of the food product or food combination. , and a A quantity representation need does not need to be made for each of the several elements of that form the food product or food combination.

(4) This section does not apply to meat, meat product, poultry, or seafood that is offered or exposed for sale and sold under either of the following circumstances:

(a) For immediate consumption on the premises where it is offered or exposed for sale and sold.

(b) As 1 of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption on a premises other than the premises where the ready-to-eat meal is offered or exposed for sale and sold.