6/14/07-The Senate voted 23-15 to approve a bill that would create a traceback system to trace contaminated produce through the various stages of the distribution process.
Sponsored by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, SB202 is awaiting assignment to committee in the Assembly. For bill status, call (916) 651-4120.

2/2/07-A bill in the Senate Agriculture and Health committees is part of a legislative package that would impose mandatory food-safety regulations on the state's lettuce and spinach growers.
Sponsored by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, SB202 would require growers, handlers, and processors of leafy green vegetables to employ a Julian numbered and dated trace-back system so that every product can be followed throughout the production distribution system from the field to the consumer.
For Senate bill status, call (916) 651-4120.