Bill Text: NY A05084 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires any person, firm or corporation offering any dairy product, meat, meat by-product, meat food product or perishable food item for sale in the state to label such product with an expiration date clearly visible in a conspicuous location; provides that such date shall be the time after which such item is unfit for human consumption as determined by industry standards; provides that no such products shall be allowed to remain on display or offered for sale after such date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-15 - reference changed to consumer affairs and protection [A05084 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05084-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5084
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. COOK, ORTIZ, GALEF, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.  COLTON, CYMBROWITZ, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER,  JACOBS,  TOWNS
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to expira-
         tion dates on meat, milk, cheese and perishable food items
         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 three
    2  new sections 50, 96-k and 214-o to read as follows:
    3    S 50. EXPIRATION DATE. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR  CORPORATION  OFFERING  ANY
    4  DAIRY  PRODUCT  FOR  SALE IN THIS STATE SHALL LABEL SUCH PRODUCT WITH AN
    5  EXPIRATION DATE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN A  CONSPICUOUS  LOCATION.  SUCH  DATE
    6  SHALL  BE  THE TIME AFTER WHICH SUCH ITEM IS UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
    7  AS DETERMINED BY INDUSTRY STANDARDS. NO DAIRY PRODUCT SHALL  BE  ALLOWED
    8  TO REMAIN ON DISPLAY OR BE OFFERED FOR SALE AFTER SUCH DATE.
    9    S  96-K. EXPIRATION DATE. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION OFFERING ANY
   10  MEAT, MEAT BY-PRODUCT OR MEAT FOOD PRODUCT FOR SALE IN THIS STATE  SHALL
   11  LABEL SUCH PRODUCT WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN A CONSPIC-
   12  UOUS  LOCATION.  SUCH  DATE  SHALL  BE THE TIME AFTER WHICH SUCH ITEM IS
   13  UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AS DETERMINED BY  INDUSTRY  STANDARDS.    NO
   14  MEAT  PRODUCTS  SHALL  BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN ON DISPLAY OR BE OFFERED FOR
   15  SALE AFTER SUCH DATE.
   16    S 214-O. EXPIRATION DATE. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION OFFERING ANY
   17  PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM, AS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVENTY-ONE-Y OF THIS  CHAP-
   18  TER,  FOR  SALE  IN  THIS STATE SHALL LABEL SUCH ITEM WITH AN EXPIRATION
   19  DATE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION. SUCH DATE SHALL  BE  THE
   20  TIME  AFTER WHICH SUCH ITEM IS UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AS DETERMINED
   21  BY INDUSTRY STANDARDS. NO PERISHABLE  FOOD  ITEM  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  TO
   22  REMAIN ON DISPLAY OR BE OFFERED FOR SALE AFTER SUCH DATE.
   23    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   24  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02448-01-1