Bill Text: NY A08570 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the sale of certain products for human consumption; provides that the restriction on the sale or offer for sale of sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one shall not apply to foods containing sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite in compliance with the requirements of certain federal regulations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-02-07 - signed chap.47 [A08570 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08570-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8570

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2024
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        Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to the sale of
          certain products for human consumption

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

     1    Section  1.  Sections  391-o, 391-r, 391-s, as added by chapter 357 of
     2  the laws of 2013, and 399-hh of the general business law are  renumbered
     3  sections 831, 832, 833 and 834, respectively, and are designated article
     4  38-B and a new article heading is added to read as follows:
     5                      PRODUCTS SOLD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
     6    §  2. Section 399-hhh of the general business law, as added by a chap-
     7  ter of the laws of 2023 amending the general business  law  relating  to
     8  prohibiting  the sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite to any person
     9  under the age of twenty-one, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
    10  582 and A. 6798, is renumbered  section  830  and  amended  to  read  as
    11  follows:
    12    §  830.  Sale  of  sodium  nitrate and sodium nitrite.   1. No person,
    13  corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm or  any  other
    14  business entity doing business within this state shall sell or offer for
    15  sale  sodium  nitrate  or  sodium nitrite to any person under the age of
    16  twenty-one. This restriction shall not apply to foods containing  sodium
    17  nitrate  or  sodium nitrite in compliance with the requirements of 9 CFR
    18  Part 424 or 21 CFR Part 172.
    19    2. Any person, corporation, partnership,  limited  liability  company,
    20  firm, or any other business entity doing business within the state sell-
    21  ing,  offering  for  sale,  or  distributing  sodium  nitrate  or sodium
    22  nitrite, except as permitted by subdivision one of this  section,  shall
    23  require  proof  of legal age prior to allowing an individual to purchase
    24  or receive a shipment of sodium nitrate or sodium  nitrite.  Such  iden-
    25  tification need not be required of any individual who reasonably appears
    26  to be at least thirty years of age, provided, however, that such appear-
    27  ance  shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  or distribution of sodium nitrate or sodium  nitrite  to  an  individual
     2  under twenty-one years of age.
     3    3.  Any  person,  corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
     4  firm or any other business entity that violates the provisions  of  this
     5  section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two hundred
     6  fifty  dollars  for  an  initial  offense and not more than five hundred
     7  dollars for the  second  and  each  subsequent  offense,  provided  this
     8  section  shall  not  be  construed  to limit any other criminal or civil
     9  liability  such  person,  corporation,  partnership,  limited  liability
    10  company, firm or other business entity may be subject to under law.
    11    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    12  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending  the  general  business
    13  law  relating  to  prohibiting  the  sale  of  sodium nitrate and sodium
    14  nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one, as proposed in legis-
    15  lative bills numbers S. 582 and A. 6798, takes effect.