Bill Text: NY S07781 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the labeling of food products containing sesame.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-19 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S07781 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07781-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7781

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 19, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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 food products containing sesame

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 201 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
     3    15. If it contains sesame, is offered for sale in package form but not
     4  for immediate consumption, and the label does not include sesame.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     6  have become a law.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13596-02-9