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Assembly Bill A1843

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires poultry products treated with antibiotics containing arsenic to bear a label so indicating

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2015-A1843 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง96-z-30, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6989
2013-2014: A1486
2017-2018: A849

2015-A1843 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires poultry products treated with antibiotics containing arsenic to bear a label so indicating.

2015-A1843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1843

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, STECK, CLARK, HOOPER, CAMARA, ABINANTI,
  MONTESANO, TENNEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPINACCI,  PERRY,
  RIVERA, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agricul-
  ture

AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
  ing poultry products treated with antibiotics  containing  arsenic  to
  bear a label so indicating

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
section 96-z-30 to read as follows:
  S  96-Z-30.  ARSENIC LABELING. NO POULTRY OR POULTRY PRODUCT FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION WHICH HAS RECEIVED FOOD TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS  CONTAINING
ARSENIC, SHALL BE SOLD, EXPOSED FOR SALE, EXCHANGED OR TRANSPORTED WITH-
IN  THE STATE UNLESS THE SAME SHALL BEAR A LABEL INDICATING SUCH PRODUCT
WAS "FED WITH ANTIBIOTICS CONTAINING ARSENIC".
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
before such effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01536-01-5

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