§ 69.04.331. Popcorn sold by theaters or commercial food service establishments -- Misbranded if the use of butter or ingredients of butter-like flavoring not disclosed
(1) If a theater or other commercial food service establishment prepares and sells popcorn for human consumption, the establishment, at the point of sale, shall disclose by posting a sign in a conspicuous manner to prospective consumers a statement as to whether the butter or butter-like flavoring added to or attributed to the popcorn offered for sale is butter as defined in *RCW 15.32.010 or is some other product. If the flavoring is some other product, the establishment shall also disclose the ingredients of the product.
The director of agriculture shall adopt rules prescribing the size and content of the sign upon which the disclosure is to be made. Any popcorn sold by or offered for sale by such an establishment to a consumer in violation of this section or the rules of the director implementing this section shall be deemed to be misbranded for the purposes of this chapter.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to packaged popcorn labeled so as to disclose ingredients as required by law for prepackaged foods.
[1986 c 203 § 17.]
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*Reviser's note: RCW 15.32.010 was recodified as RCW 15.36.012 pursuant to 1994 c 143 § 514.
Severability -- 1986 c 203: See note following RCW 15.17.230.
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