Bill Text: NY S03158 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires sellers of apples and apple products treated with daminozide to be so labelled.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-10 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S03158 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S03158-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3158 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the labeling of apples and apple products offered for sale indicating the use of daminozide 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 2 397-b to read as follows: 3 S 397-B. LABELING OF APPLES AND APPLE PRODUCTS. 1. NO PERSON SHALL 4 SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY APPLES OR APPLE PRODUCTS UNLESS THERE IS A 5 SIGN POSTED ABOVE OR AFFIXED TO THE DISPLAY STAND STATING WHETHER SUCH 6 APPLES OFFERED FOR SALE OR THE APPLES USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH 7 APPLE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH DAMINOZIDE. SUCH SIGN SHALL BE 8 CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED WITH LETTERING NO SMALLER THAN FOUR INCHES IN 9 HEIGHT. 10 2. ANY PERSON WHO SUPPLIES APPLES OR APPLE PRODUCTS TO ANOTHER PERSON 11 FOR SALE AT RETAIL SHALL INCLUDE IN EACH DELIVERY, A CERTIFICATION ON A 12 FORM PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS WHETHER SUCH 13 APPLES WERE TREATED WITH DAMINOZIDE. 14 3. ANY PERSON WHO SELLS OR OFFERS FOR SALE ANY APPLES OR APPLE 15 PRODUCTS IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY 16 OF A MISDEMEANOR. 17 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00181-01-1