Assembly Bill A8017

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring labeling indicating a food product is free of genetically modified organisms

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8017 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §214-o, Ag & Mkts L

2015-A8017 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring labeling indicating a food product is free of genetically modified organisms.

2015-A8017 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8017

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to labeling
  products free of genetically modified organisms

  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 214-o to read as follows:
  S 214-O. LABELING OF FOOD PRODUCTS FREE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGAN-
ISMS. FOOD PRODUCTS THAT NEITHER CONTAIN IN WHOLE OR IN PART GENETICALLY
MODIFIED ORGANISMS SHALL BEAR ON A LABEL THE PHRASE "GMO FREE".
  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS SECTION, A "GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM"
SHALL MEAN ANY ORGANISM THAT POSSESSES A NOVEL  COMBINATION  OF  GENETIC
MATERIAL OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11258-01-5

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