Bill Text: NY S07415 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the disposal of seized perishable or canned foods; such foods should not be disposed of but should be donated to a food relief organization or homeless shelter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-03 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07415 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07415-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7415

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     October 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation to the disposal of seized perishable or canned foods

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  20-468 of the administrative code of the city of
     2  New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
     3    g. (1) If perishable or canned foods are seized from a general vendor,
     4  such items shall be taken to the nearest food relief organization and/or
     5  homeless shelter.  Perishable and canned foods shall not be discarded.
     6    (2) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms  shall  have
     7  the following meanings:
     8    (i) "perishable foods" are any food that may spoil or otherwise become
     9  unfit  for  human  consumption  because  of its nature, type or physical
    10  condition.  Perishable food shall include, but is not limited to,  fresh
    11  or  processed  meats, poultry, seafood, dairy products, bakery products,
    12  eggs in the shell, fresh fruits or vegetables and foods that  have  been
    13  packaged,  refrigerated or frozen, or otherwise require refrigeration to
    14  remain nonperishable. Perishable food shall not  include  game  or  wild
    15  game;
    16    (ii)  "canned foods" are any food that has been hermetically sealed in
    17  a can and commercially processed and  prepared  for  human  consumption,
    18  including preserved fruits, vegetables, or other food items; and
    19    (iii)  "food  relief  organization"  means a religious organization or
    20  other not-for-profit that provides food for free to persons experiencing
    21  food insecurity, including but not limited to a food pantry, food  bank,
    22  or  soup  kitchen or community-based organization that provides food for
    23  free to persons experiencing food insecurity.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13317-01-1