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NY S03829
Bill
Status
12/13/2019
Primary Sponsor
Jen Metzger
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AI Summary
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Prohibits selling retail food products labeled as "local," "locally grown," "locally produced," or "locally sourced" unless the product is grown, raised, or harvested in New York State, or its essential components are sourced in New York State.
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Allows products from outside New York to use "local" labeling if they include descriptive language identifying the state or region where the product or its essential components originated, displayed in the same font size and adjacent to the local claim.
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Authorizes the commissioner to develop rules and regulations to guide businesses selling retail food products under these requirements.
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with a 90-day transition period allowing retailers to sell through existing inventory that does not comply with the new labeling requirements.
Legislative Description
Provides that no person, corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall knowingly sell any food product advertised or labeled as "local" unless such food product originated in New York or meets other guidelines established for retail food products.
Last Action
VETOED MEMO.214
12/13/2019