Bill Text: NY A08145 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale and use of commercial feed for poultry containing roxarsone or any substance containing arsenic; violation of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A08145 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A08145-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8145
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
August 30, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
manufacture, distribution, sale and use of commercial feed for poultry
containing roxarsone or any other substance that contains arsenic
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 131-a to read as follows:
3 S 131-A. COMMERCIAL FEED FOR POULTRY; ROXARSONE PROHIBITED. 1. NO
4 PERSON IN THIS STATE SHALL MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, SELL OR USE ANY
5 COMMERCIAL FEED FOR POULTRY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF
6 SECTION NINETY-B OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICH CONTAINS ROXARSONE OR ANY OTHER
7 SUBSTANCE THAT CONTAINS ARSENIC UNLESS AND UNTIL THE FEDERAL DRUG ADMIN-
8 ISTRATION APPROVES IT AS AN ADDITIVE IN POULTRY FEED.
9 2. ANY PERSON THAT VIOLATES SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
10 GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11668-01-3
