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NY S03877

Bill

Status

Engrossed

6/21/2017

Primary Sponsor

Michael Ranzenhofer

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Adds definitions to Agriculture and Markets Law: "portion" means the amount of food sold or offered for sale, including container or packaging size, and "food label" means any marking on a food package regarding its nature, quality, contents, or maker.

  • Vests exclusive jurisdiction in the state over all matters pertaining to food labels and food portions produced, processed, transported, stored, marketed, distributed, sold or offered for sale in New York.

  • Preempts all local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations governing food labels or food portions effective upon the law's enactment in 2018.

  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law.

Legislative Description

Relates to the governance of food labels or the portion of food produced, processed, transported, stored, marketed, distributed, sold or offered for sale by the state; vests jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to such exclusively in the state; preempts any local rule or ordinance on such subject.

Last Action

COMMITTED TO RULES

6/20/2018

Committee Referrals

Rules6/20/2018
Agriculture1/3/2018
Agriculture6/21/2017
Agriculture1/27/2017

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