Bill Text: NY A09298 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires harmful ingredient labels on certain foods and beverages containing harmful ingredients; requires the creation of rules and regulations regarding the content and placement of harmful ingredient labels.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-23 - referred to agriculture [A09298 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09298-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9298

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 23, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
          ing  labels on certain foods and beverages containing harmful ingredi-
          ents

          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 214-p to read as follows:
     3    § 214-p. Labeling of foods and beverages containing  harmful  ingredi-
     4  ents. 1. For the purposes of this article, the term "harmful ingredient"
     5  shall include, but not be limited to:
     6    (a) brominated vegetable oil;
     7    (b) potassium bromate;
     8    (c) propylparaben;
     9    (d) red dye 3;
    10    (e) titanium dioxide; and
    11    (f) any other ingredient deemed harmful by the commissioner in consul-
    12  tation with the commissioner of health.
    13    2. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or any other
    14  business  association shall sell at retail or display for sale at retail
    15  any food or beverage for human  consumption  which  contains  a  harmful
    16  ingredient  unless  the  container  of  such food or beverage is clearly
    17  marked with a harmful ingredient label.
    18    3. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of  health,
    19  shall  promulgate rules and regulations regarding the content and place-
    20  ment of harmful ingredient labels on required  food  or  beverage  which
    21  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the  use of plain and clear
    22  language.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    24  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    25  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    26  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    27  completed on or before such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14111-01-4