Bill Text: NY A05621 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the feeding of blood and blood products, whether cooked or uncooked, to cattle, swine, sheep, goats, or poultry; any violation makes the person guilty of a class E felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than four years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to agriculture [A05621 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05621-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5621
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MARKEY, MILLMAN, JACOBS, HOOPER -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.  BRENNAN, COLTON, COOK, GLICK, MAYERSOHN, 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.
                                                                  LBD08495-01-1
       A. 5621                             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.