Bill Text: NY A01859 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes restrictions on non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animals in the absence of any clinical sign of disease in the animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - referred to agriculture [A01859 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01859-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1859

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2025
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        Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Agriculture

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the agriculture and markets law, in relation to non-
          therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animals

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 84 to read as follows:
     3    § 84. Non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents. 1. As used in  this
     4  section:
     5    (a)  "Antimicrobial agent" shall mean any drug or derivative of a drug
     6  that is used in humans or intended for use in humans to treat or prevent
     7  disease or infection, or any substance, whether  produced  synthetically
     8  or  naturally,  used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria, viruses,
     9  fungi, parasites, or other microorganisms.
    10    (b)"Non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents" shall mean any use of
    11  antimicrobial agents, including without limitation as a  feed  or  water
    12  additive,  for  an  animal for growth promotion, feed efficiency, weight
    13  gain, routine disease prevention,  or  other  routine  purpose,  in  the
    14  absence of any clinical sign of disease in the animal.
    15    2. (a) No person shall engage in the non-therapeutic use of antimicro-
    16  bial  agents  in cattle, poultry, sheep, swine, or any animal raised for
    17  the purpose of providing food for human consumption,  including  animals
    18  that provide non-meat food products such as eggs and milk.
    19    (b) No person shall sell, expose for sale, or transport for sale with-
    20  in  this  state, regardless of place of origin, any food product derived
    21  from an animal that has been subject to non-therapeutic use  of  antimi-
    22  crobial agents.
    23    3. Violation of this section shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
    24    4.  The  commissioner shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations
    25  to give full effect to the provisions of this section.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 1859                             2

     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     2  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     3  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     4  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     5  completed on or before such effective date.