PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 16-129-050 Requirements for signs in theatres or other commercial food service establishments which prepare and sell popcorn for human consumption at point of sale.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 69.04.331 Intrastate commerce in food, drugs and cosmetics.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Rule establishes requirements for label showing whether or not butter is used on the popcorn and the ingredients in the product used if it is not butter. As required under RCW 69.04.331.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department has determined after review of this rule that it does not require any changes. It will be scheduled for review again in 2003.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Comments will be accepted for thirty days after the date of publication of this order. Please direct written comments to Verne E. Hedlund, Washington State Department of Agriculture, 1111 Washington Street, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, or by phone (360) 902-1860, fax (360) 902-2087.
June 23, 1999
Candace A. Jacobs, DVM
Assistant Director