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NY S05396
Bill
Status
3/3/2021
Primary Sponsor
Diane Savino
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AI Summary
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Adds section 201-j to the Agriculture and Markets Law to establish that food products are misbranded if labeled or branded in a false, deceptive, or misleading manner.
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Prohibits non-meat products from being labeled or branded to misrepresent them as meat, meat food products, or poultry.
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Applies the misbranding prohibition to products that falsely represent themselves using definitions of meat, meat food products, and poultry established in existing law sections 96-g and 90-b.
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law, with authority for implementing regulations to be adopted immediately.
Legislative Description
Relates to the misbranding of food products not containing meat; establishes a food product shall be deemed to be misbranded if the food product is labeled or branded in a false, deceptive or misleading manner that misrepresents the product as meat, meat food product or poultry.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
1/5/2022