Bill Text: NY S03669 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3669 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the manufacturing and sale of imitation birch and walnut syrups and the branding and labeling of such syrups.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5155A [S03669 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3669
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
         manufacturing  and  sale  of imitation birch and walnut syrups and the
         branding and labeling of such syrups
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 203 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 203. Manufacture and sale of imitation maple, BIRCH OR WALNUT  sugar
    4  and  syrup prohibited. (A) 1. No person shall manufacture for sale, keep
    5  for sale, or offer or  expose  for  sale,  any  sugar  in  imitation  or
    6  semblance of maple sugar which is not pure maple sugar, nor any syrup in
    7  imitation  or  semblance  of maple syrup, which is not pure maple syrup,
    8  nor shall any person manufacture, offer or expose for sale any sugar  as
    9  and  for maple sugar which is not pure maple sugar, nor any syrup as and
   10  for maple syrup which is not pure maple syrup.
   11    2. For the purpose of this article the term  "maple  sugar"  shall  be
   12  deemed  to  mean sugar made from pure maple sap or pure maple syrup, and
   13  the term "maple syrup" shall be deemed to  mean  syrup  made  from  pure
   14  maple sap.
   15    (B)  1.  NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE FOR SALE, KEEP FOR SALE, OR OFFER
   16  OR EXPOSE FOR SALE, ANY SUGAR IN IMITATION OR SEMBLANCE OF  BIRCH  SUGAR
   17  WHICH  IS  NOT PURE BIRCH SUGAR, NOR ANY SYRUP IN IMITATION OR SEMBLANCE
   18  OF BIRCH SYRUP, WHICH IS NOT BIRCH SYRUP, NOR SHALL ANY PERSON  MANUFAC-
   19  TURE, OFFER OR EXPOSE FOR SALE ANY SUGAR AS AND FOR BIRCH SUGAR WHICH IS
   20  NOT  PURE BIRCH SUGAR, NOR ANY SYRUP AS AND FOR BIRCH SYRUP WHICH IS NOT
   21  PURE BIRCH SYRUP.
   22    2. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE THE TERM  "BIRCH  SUGAR"  SHALL  BE
   23  DEEMED  TO  MEAN SUGAR MADE FROM PURE BIRCH SAP OR PURE BIRCH SYRUP, AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07769-02-5
       S. 3669                             2
    1  THE TERM "BIRCH SYRUP" SHALL BE DEEMED TO  MEAN  SYRUP  MADE  FROM  PURE
    2  BIRCH SAP.
    3    (C)  1.  NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE FOR SALE, KEEP FOR SALE, OR OFFER
    4  OR EXPOSE FOR SALE, ANY SUGAR IN IMITATION OR SEMBLANCE OF WALNUT  SUGAR
    5  WHICH  IS NOT PURE WALNUT SUGAR, NOR ANY SYRUP IN IMITATION OR SEMBLANCE
    6  OF WALNUT SYRUP, WHICH IS NOT PURE WALNUT SYRUP, NOR  SHALL  ANY  PERSON
    7  MANUFACTURE,  OFFER OR EXPOSE FOR SALE ANY SUGAR AS AND FOR WALNUT SUGAR
    8  WHICH IS NOT PURE WALNUT SUGAR, NOR ANY SYRUP AS AND  FOR  WALNUT  SYRUP
    9  WHICH IS NOT WALNUT SYRUP.
   10    2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE THE TERM "WALNUT SUGAR" SHALL BE
   11  DEEMED TO MEAN SUGAR MADE FROM PURE WALNUT SAP OR PURE WALNUT SYRUP, AND
   12  THE TERM "WALNUT SYRUP" SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEAN  SYRUP  MADE  FROM  PURE
   13  WALNUT SAP.
   14    S 2. Section 204 of the agriculture and markets law is amended to read
   15  as follows:
   16    S 204. Branding and labeling of maple, BIRCH OR WALNUT sugar and syrup
   17  mixtures.  No  person  shall  manufacture,  sell or expose for sale, any
   18  compound or mixture as and for sugar which shall be made  up  of  maple,
   19  BIRCH  OR WALNUT sugar mixed with any other sugar or any other substance
   20  without branding or labeling the said sugar with a statement giving  the
   21  ingredients  of  which it is made up. No person shall manufacture, sell,
   22  expose for sale or offer for sale any compound or mixture as syrup which
   23  shall be made up of maple, BIRCH OR WALNUT syrup mixed  with  any  other
   24  syrup  or  ingredient  without  branding  or  labeling said syrup with a
   25  statement giving the ingredients of which it is made up. This shall  not
   26  be  construed  to  apply  to a syrup or syrups manufactured and sold for
   27  medicinal purposes only.
   28    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   29  have become a law.