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Assembly Bill A8266

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium

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2015-A8266 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1356, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4534
2019-2020: A3871
2021-2022: A8860
2023-2024: A6529
2025-2026: A5207

2015-A8266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium.

2015-A8266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8266

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  chain
  restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium

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

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
1356 to read as follows:
  S  1356.  CHAIN  RESTAURANTS;  SODIUM  CONTENT  OF  MENU ITEMS. 1. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
MEANINGS:
  A.  "CHAIN RESTAURANT" SHALL MEAN A RESTAURANT WHICH IS ONE OF FIFTEEN
OR MORE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OPERATED UNDER THE SAME NAME  AT  DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS  WITHIN THE STATE AND ARE OPERATED UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP OR
BY FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS.
  B. "RESTAURANT" SHALL MEAN ANY COMMERCIAL EATING  ESTABLISHMENT  WHICH
IS  DEVOTED,  WHOLLY  OR  IN  PART,  TO THE SALE OF FOOD FOR ON-PREMISES
CONSUMPTION.
  2. EVERY CHAIN RESTAURANT OPERATING WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL  CAUSE  TO
BE  PLACED  ON ITS MENUS A SALT-SHAKER-LIKE SYMBOL NEXT TO ANY FOOD ITEM
THAT IS OFFERED FOR SALE BY SUCH RESTAURANT THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN  TWO
THOUSAND  THREE  HUNDRED  MILLIGRAMS  OF  SODIUM.  SUCH MENUS SHALL ALSO
CONTAIN A STATEMENT THAT THE PLACEMENT OF SUCH  SALT-SHAKER-LIKE  SYMBOL
NEXT TO A MENU ITEM INDICATES THAT SUCH MENU ITEM CONTAINS MORE THAN TWO
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM.
  3.  ANY  CHAIN RESTAURANT THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY
DOLLARS FOR EACH MENU THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION.
  S  2.  The provisions of this act shall not apply to chain restaurants
located in any city with a population of one  million  or  more  on  and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11614-02-5

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