Bill Text: NJ A4229 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates salt water taffy as New Jersey State Candy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee [A4229 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A4229-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Designates salt water taffy as New Jersey State Candy.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act designating salt water taffy as the New Jersey State Candy.
Whereas, With over 125 miles of coastline in New Jersey, traveling to the Jersey Shore has become a part of family traditions for many New Jersey residents and tourists for generations; and
Whereas, Created in Atlantic City in the 1880s, salt water taffy has been enjoyed for over 125 years by visitors to the New Jersey coastline and the State; and
Whereas, According to local legend, the treat was created after salt water from an evening storm flooded the candy shop and damaged the taffy supply of candy maker David Bradley, who, at the request of a persistent customer, sold the first salt water taffy and made the accidental creation a household name; and
Whereas, Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, with the development of shore communities, such as Atlantic City and Ocean City, confectioners Enoch James, Joseph Fralinger, and William Shriver came to dominate the salt water taffy industry along the boardwalks of the Jersey Shore; and
Whereas, As New Jersey is widely recognized as the home and birthplace of the salt water taffy, it serves as the ideal symbol for the official State candy; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The salt water taffy is designated as the New Jersey State Candy.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill designates the salt water taffy as the New Jersey State Candy. According to local legend, the treat was created after salt water from a storm damaged the taffy supply of candy maker David Bradley, who, at the request of a customer, sold the first salt water taffy and made the accidental creation a household name.
Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, with the development of shore communities, confectioners Enoch James, Joseph Fralinger, and William Shriver founded the world-famous James Candy Company, Fralinger's Salt Water Taffy, and Shriver's. As New Jersey is the home and birthplace of salt water taffy, it serves as an ideal symbol for the official State candy.
