Bill Text: NJ A4617 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits sale of certain food and beverage products prepared by adding liquid nitrogen.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-06-20 - Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Sumter) [A4617 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4617-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4617

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 18, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  JOANN DOWNEY

District 11 (Monmouth)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits sale of certain food and beverage products prepared by adding liquid nitrogen.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the General Assembly on June 20, 2019.

  

An Act concerning liquid nitrogen and supplementing Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  A person shall not sell or offer for sale in this State any food or beverage product that is prepared ¹[with] by adding¹ liquid nitrogen ¹at the point of sale, immediately prior to consumption¹.

     b.    A person who violates this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $250 for the first violation, not less than $500 for the second violation, and not less than $1,000 for the third and each subsequent violation.  The civil penalty shall be sued for and collected by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.) in a summary proceeding.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.