| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 09, 2012 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7406
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2011-S7406 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S7406 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7406
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring food
service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut oil
PURPOSE:
This bill would require food service establishments to give customers
notice when peanut oil is used order to provide those with allergies
notice of such use.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 1352 of the Public Health Law by adding a new
section 5 requiring all food service establishments, as defined by the
state sanitary code, using peanut oil, to notify consumers of such use.
Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day
after it shall become law.
JUSTIFICATION:
Many people have developed serious peanut oil sensitivities and when
combined with those having pre-existing allergies, reactions have become
increasingly more common and dangerous. This bill is designed to limit
the occurrence of such reactions by notifying all customers of food
service establishment's use of peanut oil by means of signs, printed
material or other written communication.
2011-S7406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7406
I N S E N A T E
May 9, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring food
service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut
oil
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1352 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
5. ANY FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, AS DEFINED IN THE STATE SANITARY
CODE, WHERE PEANUT OIL IS USED FOR THE PREPARATION OR CONVEYANCE OF
FOODS FOR CONSUMERS, SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO PATRONS BY MEANS OF SIGNS,
PRINTED MATERIALS OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PEANUT OIL IS USED BY STAFF IN THE PREPARATION AND CONVEYANCE OF FOOD
IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO PEANUT OIL, PLEASE TAKE
APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS."
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.
LBD08703-01-1
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