RD2 - Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions Subcommittee Studying State Agency Inspection and Licensure of Food Establishments (HJR 73) (Draft)

  • Published: 1993
  • Author: Committee on Agriculture and Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions Subcommittee
  • Enabling Authority: Letter Request from Speaker of the House Thomas W. Moss, Jr.

Executive Summary:
The authority for this study is a letter from the Speaker to the chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture and on Health, Welfare and Institutions requesting the committees to jointly study the efficacy and shared responsibility and authority of the Board of Agriculture and the State Board of Health for the inspection and licensure of food establishments in Virginia (Appendix A). The impetus for the Speaker's request was House Joint Resolution 73 (1992, Delegate Purkey) which was passed by indefinitely in the House Committee on Rules (Appendix B). However, the Speaker's letter states that a careful review and discussion of the resolution by the House Rules Committee indicated that the shared responsibility of the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the State Board of Health may contribute to a duplication of efforts and unnecessary expenditure of the Commonwealth's resources, so the two standing committees were requested to study the issue.