Bill Text: NY S06435 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires sugar-sweetened beverages to be labeled with a safety warning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - DEFEATED IN AGRICULTURE [S06435 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06435-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6435 IN SENATE January 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 labeling of sugar-sweetened beverages with warnings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "sugar-sweetened beverages safety warning act". 3 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new 4 section 204-e to read as follows: 5 § 204-e. Labeling of sugar-sweetened beverages. 1. For the purposes of 6 this section: 7 (a) "Beverage container" means any sealed or unsealed container 8 regardless of size or shape including, but not limited to, those made of 9 glass, metal, paper, plastic, or any other material or combination of 10 materials that is used or intended to be used to hold a sugar-sweetened 11 beverage for individual sale to a consumer. 12 (b) "Beverage dispensing machine" means any device that mixes concen- 13 trate with any one or more other ingredients, and dispenses the result- 14 ing mixture into an unsealed container as a ready-to-drink beverage. 15 (c) "Caloric sweetener" means any substance containing calories, suit- 16 able for human consumption, that humans perceive as sweet and shall 17 include, but not be limited to, sucrose, fructose, glucose, and other 18 sugars and fruit juice concentrates. "Caloric" means a substance that 19 adds calories to the diet of the individual who consumes such substance. 20 (d) "Concentrate" means a syrup or powder that is used or intended to 21 be used for mixing, compounding or making a sugar-sweetened beverage. 22 (e) "Consumer" means an individual who purchases a sugar-sweetened 23 beverage for a purpose other than resale. 24 (f) "Distribute" means to sell or otherwise provide a product to any 25 person for resale. 26 (g) "Menu or menu board" means the primary writing of a public food 27 service establishment, as defined in subdivision three of section thir- 28 teen hundred ninety-nine-n of the public health law, from which a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03793-05-5