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Assembly Bill A5944

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of health to establish means of educating proprietors and employees of public eating establishments about food allergens

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2015-A5944 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1068
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1352-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7622, S5925
2011-2012: A1062, S1178
2013-2014: A2574, S3199
2017-2018: A3190, S2858
2019-2020: A2774, S4962
2021-2022: S5385
2023-2024: S6828
2025-2026: S4283

2015-A5944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to establish means of educating proprietors and employees of public eating establishments about food allergens.

2015-A5944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5944

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BENEDETTO, GALEF, PERRY, RIVERA --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to food allergen
  information

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

  Section  1. The section heading of section 1352-b of the public health
law, as added by chapter 613 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read  as
follows:
  Public  eating  establishments; first aid instructions concerning food
lodged in throat; FOOD ALLERGEN INFORMATION; liability.
  S 2. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 1352-b of  the  public  health
law  are  renumbered  subdivisions 4, 5 and 6 and a new subdivision 3 is
added to read as follows:
  3. FOOD ALLERGEN INFORMATION FOR PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYEES  OF  PUBLIC
EATING  ESTABLISHMENTS.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ADOPT AND APPROVE
INFORMATION TO EDUCATE PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC EATING ESTAB-
LISHMENTS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SEVERE FOOD ALLERGENS  TO  FOOD  ALLERGIC
INDIVIDUALS.  SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: THE
NEED TO INFORM CUSTOMERS OF THE PRESENCE OF SUCH ALLERGENS  IN  FOOD  OR
MEALS  ON  THE  MENU  OR THROUGH VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS; THE POSSIBILITY OF
CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF A FOOD WITH AN ALLERGEN DURING  FOOD  PREPARATION
AND  THE NEED TO INFORM CUSTOMERS OF THAT POSSIBILITY; AND, THE SYMPTOMS
OF SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO FOOD AND THE NEED FOR RAPID RESPONSE  TO
SUCH EMERGENCIES.
  B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  AS  SOON  AS PRACTICABLE, SUPPLY TO THE
PROPRIETOR OF EVERY PUBLIC  EATING  ESTABLISHMENT  IN  THIS  STATE  SUCH
ADOPTED  AND  APPROVED  INFORMATION AND DEVELOP REGULATIONS FOR DISTRIB-
UTION OR POSTING OF SUCH INFORMATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04658-01-5

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