Bill Text: NY A02195 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to prohibiting the feeding of blood and blood products to animals

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to agriculture [A02195 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02195-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2195
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MARKEY, MILLMAN, JACOBS, DINOWITZ, HOOPER --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. BRENNAN, COLTON, COOK,  GLICK,  MAYER-
         SOHN, REILLY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Agriculture
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to prohib-
         iting the feeding of blood and blood products to animals
         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 72-b to read as follows:
    3    S 72-B. FEEDING OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS TO CATTLE,  SWINE,  SHEEP,
    4  GOATS  OR  POULTRY PROHIBITED. 1. BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS FED TO CATTLE,
    5  SWINE, SHEEP, GOATS OR POULTRY CONTRIBUTES TO THE SPREAD  OF  INFECTIOUS
    6  ANIMAL  DISEASES. MEAT FROM ANIMALS SO AFFLICTED, WHEN CONSUMED BY HUMAN
    7  BEINGS, MAY BE A PRIMARY SOURCE  OF  HUMAN  SICKNESS.  IT  IS  THEREFORE
    8  DECLARED  TO  BE THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THIS STATE TO PROHIBIT THE FEEDING
    9  OF BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS TO CATTLE, SWINE, SHEEP, GOATS OR POULTRY  TO
   10  ASSIST  IN  THE ERADICATION OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF
   11  THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC WELFARE.
   12    2. DEFINITIONS. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION:
   13    A. "BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCT" SHALL MEAN THE FLUID CONSISTING OF PLASMA,
   14  BLOOD CELLS, AND PLATELETS THAT IS CIRCULATED BY THE HEART  THROUGH  THE
   15  VERTEBRATE  VASCULAR  SYSTEM, CARRYING OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS TO AND WASTE
   16  MATERIALS AWAY FROM ALL BODY TISSUES OR ANY OTHER  FUNCTIONALLY  SIMILAR
   17  FLUID IN ANIMALS.
   18    B. "PERSON" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
   19  CORPORATION,  PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, MUNICIPAL
   20  CORPORATION AND THE STATE.
   21    C. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS OF THIS SUBDI-
   22  VISION TO THE CONTRARY, ANIMAL FEEDS WHICH HAVE BEEN HEAT RENDERED BY  A
   23  RENDERING  PLANT AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE THE PRODUCT COMMER-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03038-01-9
       A. 2195                             2
    1  CIALLY STERILE SHALL NOT  BE  CONSIDERED  WITHIN  THE  MEANING  OF  THIS
    2  SECTION.
    3    3.  A.  IT  SHALL  BE  UNLAWFUL  FOR ANY PERSON TO FEED BLOOD OR BLOOD
    4  PRODUCTS, WHETHER COOKED OR UNCOOKED, TO CATTLE, SWINE, SHEEP, GOATS  OR
    5  POULTRY.
    6    B. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF
    7  A  CLASS  E  FELONY,  PUNISHABLE  BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR
    8  YEARS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY BOTH.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.