Bill Text: NY A01843 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1843 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires poultry products treated with antibiotics containing arsenic to bear a label so indicating.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to agriculture [A01843 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01843-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1843
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, STECK, CLARK, HOOPER, CAMARA, ABINANTI,
         MONTESANO, TENNEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPINACCI,  PERRY,
         RIVERA, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agricul-
         ture
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
         ing poultry products treated with antibiotics  containing  arsenic  to
         bear a label so indicating
         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 96-z-30 to read as follows:
    3    S  96-Z-30.  ARSENIC LABELING. NO POULTRY OR POULTRY PRODUCT FOR HUMAN
    4  CONSUMPTION WHICH HAS RECEIVED FOOD TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS  CONTAINING
    5  ARSENIC, SHALL BE SOLD, EXPOSED FOR SALE, EXCHANGED OR TRANSPORTED WITH-
    6  IN  THE STATE UNLESS THE SAME SHALL BEAR A LABEL INDICATING SUCH PRODUCT
    7  WAS "FED WITH ANTIBIOTICS CONTAINING ARSENIC".
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    9  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   10  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   11  tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
   12  before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01536-01-5