Bill Text: NY A04940 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4940 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires food service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut oil and notifying consumers of the use thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-01 - held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection [A04940 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4940
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A.  BLANKENBUSH, DUPREY, McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to requiring food
         service establishments to post notice relating to the  use  of  peanut
         oil
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1352 of the public health law is amended by  adding
    2  a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3    5.  ANY  FOOD  SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, AS DEFINED IN THE STATE SANITARY
    4  CODE, WHERE PEANUT OIL IS USED FOR  THE  PREPARATION  OR  CONVEYANCE  OF
    5  FOODS  FOR CONSUMERS, SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO PATRONS BY MEANS OF SIGNS,
    6  PRINTED MATERIALS OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, TO  READ  AS  FOLLOWS:
    7  "PEANUT  OIL  IS USED BY STAFF IN THE PREPARATION AND CONVEYANCE OF FOOD
    8  IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO PEANUT  OIL,  PLEASE  TAKE
    9  APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS."
   10    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   11  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04463-01-3