Bill Text: NY A01023 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the food allergen information toll-free number act; requires certain manufacturers, packers or distributors to label their products with a toll-free telephone number to provide information to the consumer regarding the product's ingredients; requires other manufacturers, packers, or distributors to label their products with an e-mail or mailing address.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to agriculture [A01023 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01023-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1023
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, MILLMAN, CYMBROWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M.  of  A.  CLARK,  GOTTFRIED,  HOOPER,  JACOBS,  MARKEY,  McENENY,
         J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to enacting
         the "food allergen information toll-free number act"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  the "food allergen information toll-free number act".
    3    S  2.  Section  201  of  the agriculture and markets law is amended by
    4  adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
    5    15. IF, IN THE CASE OF A MANUFACTURER,  PACKER  OR  DISTRIBUTOR  WHOSE
    6  ANNUAL  GROSS  SALES  IN  THIS STATE OR WHOSE SALES TO CONSUMERS IN THIS
    7  STATE EQUAL OR EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE FOOD PACKAGE IS
    8  NOT  LABELED  WITH  SUCH  MANUFACTURER'S,  PACKER'S   OR   DISTRIBUTOR'S
    9  TOLL-FREE  TELEPHONE  NUMBER.  SUCH  TOLL-FREE  NUMBER  SHALL BE STAFFED
   10  DURING REASONABLE BUSINESS HOURS AND SHALL INCLUDE ONE TELEPHONE LINE TO
   11  ACCOMMODATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED PERSONS.  IN
   12  THE  CASE  OF SUCH A MANUFACTURER, PACKER OR DISTRIBUTOR WHOSE SALES ARE
   13  LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  THE  FOOD  PACKAGE  SHALL  BE
   14  LABELED  WITH  THE  MANUFACTURER'S,  PACKER'S OR DISTRIBUTOR'S E-MAIL OR
   15  MAILING ADDRESS.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   17  it shall have become a law, provided  that  any  rules  and  regulations
   18  necessary  to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
   19  are authorized and directed to be promulgated on or before  such  effec-
   20  tive date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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