Bill Text: NY S01147 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires certain information to be included on labeling of fish by fish wholesalers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - referred to agriculture [S01147 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01147-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1147--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to labeling
         requirements for fish wholesalers
         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-o to read as follows:
    3    S  214-O.  LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR FISH WHOLESALERS.  ANY WHOLESALER
    4  OF FISH AND/OR SEAFOOD MAY ONLY SELL SUCH FISH OR SEAFOOD THAT IS EDIBLE
    5  OR OTHERWISE SALEABLE  FOR  CONSUMPTION  PURPOSES,  IN  SEALED,  CLEARLY
    6  LABELED  CONTAINERS.    THE  LABELS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:   1. THE
    7  IDENTITY OF THE COMMODITY, 2. THE WEIGHT OF THE COMMODITY, 3.  THE  NAME
    8  AND  ADDRESS  OF  THE  SHIPPER, PACKER, OR DISTRIBUTOR, 4. THE STATE AND
    9  COUNTY OF COMMODITY ORIGIN, AND 5. DATE OF HARVEST.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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