Bill Text: NY A10447 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires products sold as not safe for human consumption or not intended for human consumption to be labeled with their ingredients and active chemical compounds; violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-29 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A10447 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10447-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10447
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 29, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to the sale and
         labeling of products not safe for human consumption
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  390-d to read as follows:
    3    S 390-D. SALE AND LABELING OF PRODUCTS NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
    4  1.    EVERY PRODUCT SOLD IN THIS STATE WHICH IS LABELED OR THE CONTAINER
    5  OF WHICH IS LABELED "NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION", "UNFIT  FOR  HUMAN
    6  CONSUMPTION"  OR  WITH  SIMILAR LANGUAGE, AND EVERY PRODUCT SOLD IN THIS
    7  STATE WHICH IS NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION  SHALL  HAVE  A  LABEL
    8  AFFIXED  THERETO,  UPON  WHICH  THERE SHALL BE PLAINLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY
    9  PRINTED A LIST OF ALL INGREDIENTS AND ACTIVE  CHEMICAL  COMPOUNDS  WHICH
   10  COMPRISE  SUCH PRODUCT IN LETTERS AND FIGURES COMMENSURATE WITH THE SIZE
   11  OF THE PRODUCT OR CONTAINER AS SHALL BE  DETERMINED  AND  FIXED  BY  THE
   12  COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE
   13  COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   14    2. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
   15  OTHER  LABELING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER PROVISION
   16  OF LAW.
   17    3. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   19  it shall have become a law; provided that,  effective  immediately,  any
   20  rules  and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
   21  on its effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on  or
   22  before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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