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Senate Bill S4360
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S4360 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S4360 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4360
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
labeling of apples and apple products offered for sale indicating the
use of daminozide
JUSTIFICATION :
Consumers in New York State should be made aware of the possible
threat of cancer posed by the use of daminozide. The concern over the
plant growth regulator which improves the color, firmness and shelf
life of apples has prompted various environmental advocacy groups to
further investigate the health risks involved with the use of
daminozide. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a
report on the levels of pesticide residues found in various fruits and
vegetables. The report concluded that preschoolers, who consume seven
times as many apples and eighteen times as much apple juice as the
average adult relative to their body weight, are being exposed to
hazardous levels of pesticide residues. The report further stated that
50% of a person's lifetime risk of developing cancer from exposure to
pesticide residues on fruit is incurred during the first six years of
life. UDMH, a by-product of daminozide, is the greatest source of this
cancer risk according to the NRDC.
The Consumer's Union performed a study on various brands of apple
2009-S4360 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4360
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 22, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
labeling of apples and apple products offered for sale indicating the
use of daminozide
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
397-b to read as follows:
S 397-B. LABELING OF APPLES AND APPLE PRODUCTS. 1. NO PERSON SHALL
SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY APPLES OR APPLE PRODUCTS UNLESS THERE IS A
SIGN POSTED ABOVE OR AFFIXED TO THE DISPLAY STAND STATING WHETHER SUCH
APPLES OFFERED FOR SALE OR THE APPLES USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH
APPLE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH DAMINOZIDE. SUCH SIGN SHALL BE
CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED WITH LETTERING NO SMALLER THAN FOUR INCHES IN
HEIGHT.
2. ANY PERSON WHO SUPPLIES APPLES OR APPLE PRODUCTS TO ANOTHER PERSON
FOR SALE AT RETAIL SHALL INCLUDE IN EACH DELIVERY, A CERTIFICATION ON A
FORM PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS WHETHER SUCH
APPLES WERE TREATED WITH DAMINOZIDE.
3. ANY PERSON WHO SELLS OR OFFERS FOR SALE ANY APPLES OR APPLE
PRODUCTS IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY
OF A MISDEMEANOR.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04202-01-9
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