S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2994 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a 2 to read as follows: 3 S 915-A. PROHIBITING THE SALE OF FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING 4 BONELESS LEAN BEEF TRIMMINGS. 1. NO FOOD OR FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINING 5 BONELESS LEAN BEEF TRIMMINGS SHALL BE SOLD IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN 6 THE STATE. 7 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "BONELESS LEAN BEEF TRIM- 8 MINGS" SHALL MEAN AND REFER TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT COMMONLY REFERRED 9 TO AS "PINK SLIME" WHICH IS CREATED BY PASSING BONES THROUGH A CENTRI- 10 FUGE AFTER THE LIMITS OF MECHANICALLY TRIMMING SUCH BONES HAS BEEN 11 REACHED IN ORDER TO SALVAGE ANY MEATY MATERIALS REMAINING ON SUCH BONES, 12 AND THEN EXPOSING SUCH MEATY MATERIALS TO AMMONIA GAS AS A DISINFECTANT 13 TREATMENT. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06096-01-3