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Assembly Bill A4940

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires food service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut oil

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2013-A4940 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1942
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1352, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4897
2011-2012: A4224, S7406
2015-2016: A5543, S2535
2017-2018: A3263, S1468

2013-A4940 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires food service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut oil and notifying consumers of the use thereof.

2013-A4940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4940

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A.  BLANKENBUSH, DUPREY, McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

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.
                                                           LBD04463-01-3

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