The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 9 : Commerce and Trade
Chapter 082A : Labeling of Food Produced with Genetic Engineering
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 3048)-
§ 3048. Penalties; enforcement
(a) Any person who violates the requirements of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.00 per day, per product. Calculation of the civil penalty shall not be made or multiplied by the number of individual packages of the same product displayed or offered for retail sale. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall accrue and be assessed per each uniquely named, designated, or marketed product.
(b) The Attorney General shall have the same authority to make rules, conduct civil investigations, enter into assurances of discontinuance, and bring civil actions as provided under chapter 63, subchapter 1 of this title. Consumers shall have the same rights and remedies as provided under chapter 63, subchapter 1 of this title. (Added 2013, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2016.)
