05/01/1998 03:40 PM Senate JUD

                                                                               
MS. BETH HAGEVIG, staff to Senator Wilken presented SB 312. MS.                
HAGEVIG said this bill consolidates existing requirements for food             
production and service and clears up obsolete and contradictory                
provisions now existing in statute. MS. HAGEVIG explained that SB
 will provide for more efficient administration of the food laws            
in Alaska.                                                                     
                                                                               
SENATOR ELLIS asked if the bill had any connection to food                     
irradiation and MS. HAGEVIG answered it did not.                               
                                                                               
MS. JANICE ADAIR, Director of Environmental Health for the                     
Department of Environmental Conservation, reiterated the comments              
of MS. HAGEVIG and expressed that the Department supports the bill.            
                                                                               
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SENATOR MILLER moved SB 312 out of committee with individual                   
recommendations. Without objection, the bill was moved.