Senate Bill S2540

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring sugar-sweetened beverages to be labeled with a safety warning

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S2540 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1000
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §204-e, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A10172
2015-2016: S6435, A2320
2017-2018: S162, A5239
2019-2020: S473, A2473
2023-2024: A685

2021-S2540 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sugar-sweetened beverages to be labeled with a safety warning.

2021-S2540 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2540 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2540
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, SERRANO -- 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:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "sugar-sweetened beverages safety warning act".
   §  2.  The  agriculture  and  markets  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 204-e to read as follows:
   § 204-E. LABELING OF SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION:
   (A) "BEVERAGE  CONTAINER"  MEANS  ANY  SEALED  OR  UNSEALED  CONTAINER
 REGARDLESS OF SIZE OR SHAPE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE MADE OF
 GLASS,  METAL,  PAPER,  PLASTIC, OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL OR COMBINATION OF
 MATERIALS THAT IS USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED TO HOLD A  SUGAR-SWEETENED
 BEVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL SALE TO A CONSUMER.
   (B)  "BEVERAGE DISPENSING MACHINE" MEANS ANY DEVICE THAT MIXES CONCEN-
 TRATE WITH ANY ONE OR MORE OTHER INGREDIENTS, AND DISPENSES THE  RESULT-
 ING MIXTURE INTO AN UNSEALED CONTAINER AS A READY-TO-DRINK BEVERAGE.
   (C) "CALORIC SWEETENER" MEANS ANY SUBSTANCE CONTAINING CALORIES, SUIT-
 ABLE  FOR  HUMAN  CONSUMPTION,  THAT  HUMANS PERCEIVE AS SWEET AND SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SUCROSE, FRUCTOSE,  GLUCOSE,  AND  OTHER
 SUGARS  AND  FRUIT  JUICE CONCENTRATES. "CALORIC" MEANS A SUBSTANCE THAT
 ADDS CALORIES TO THE DIET OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CONSUMES SUCH SUBSTANCE.
   (D) "CONCENTRATE" MEANS A SYRUP OR POWDER THAT IS USED OR INTENDED  TO
 BE USED FOR MIXING, COMPOUNDING OR MAKING A SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE.
   (E)  "CONSUMER"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL WHO PURCHASES A SUGAR-SWEETENED
 BEVERAGE FOR A PURPOSE OTHER THAN RESALE.
   (F) "DISTRIBUTE" MEANS TO SELL OR OTHERWISE PROVIDE A PRODUCT  TO  ANY
 PERSON FOR RESALE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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