MANATEE — A bill designed to ensure the food safety of Florida-grown tomatoes is poised for a vote Thursday in the state House of Representatives.
The measure came up Tuesday on the House’s special order calendar, which cleared the way for a floor vote later in the week, according to the office of state Rep. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, who, as chair of the House Rules and Calendar Council, sets the chamber’s agenda.
“I think it’ll pass,” said Butch Calhoun, director of governmental affairs for the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, which represents a majority of the state’s fruit and vegetable growers. “There was no opposition, no amendments. If anybody was going to take a run at it, they’d do it now.”
The Florida Senate has already passed an identical measure 35-1.
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