Bill Text: NY A08341 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the disposal of seized perishable or canned foods; such foods should not be disposed of but should be donated to a food relief organization or homeless shelter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to cities [A08341 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08341-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8341

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 20, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to the disposal of seized perishable or canned foods

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 20-468 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
     2  New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
     3    g. (1) If perishable or canned foods are seized from a general vendor,
     4  such items shall be taken to the nearest food relief organization and/or
     5  homeless shelter.  Perishable and canned foods shall not be discarded.
     6    (2)  For  purposes of this subdivision, the following terms shall have
     7  the following meanings:
     8    (i) "perishable foods" are any food that may spoil or otherwise become
     9  unfit for human consumption because of  its  nature,  type  or  physical
    10  condition.   Perishable food shall include, but is not limited to, fresh
    11  or processed meats, poultry, seafood, dairy products,  bakery  products,
    12  eggs  in  the shell, fresh fruits or vegetables and foods that have been
    13  packaged, refrigerated or frozen, or otherwise require refrigeration  to
    14  remain  nonperishable.  Perishable  food  shall not include game or wild
    15  game;
    16    (ii) "canned foods" are any food that has been hermetically sealed  in
    17  a  can  and  commercially  processed and prepared for human consumption,
    18  including preserved fruits, vegetables, or other food items; and
    19    (iii) "food relief organization" means  a  religious  organization  or
    20  other not-for-profit that provides food for free to persons experiencing
    21  food  insecurity, including but not limited to a food pantry, food bank,
    22  or soup kitchen or community-based organization that provides  food  for
    23  free to persons experiencing food insecurity.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13317-01-1