A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating funds to establish and support additional food safety positions in the department of agriculture and consumer services as recommended by the joint select committee on emergency preparedness and disaster management recovery.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Food and Drug Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the sum of six hundred thirty‑one thousand nine hundred ninety‑three dollars ($631,993) in recurring funds and the sum of twenty‑two thousand six hundred twenty‑six dollars ($22,626) in nonrecurring funds for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year. These funds shall be used to establish and support six additional food inspectors, one administrative support person, and three laboratory positions to enhance the Division's inspection capabilities and to implement the Federal Drug Administration's Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). 
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.